A MAN KIDNAPPED HIS FATHER AND COLLECTED N1.5 MILLION RANSOM !

Hassan Maikudi, 30, was among six persons arraigned at the Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan, on a four-count charge bordering on armed robbery, kidnapping and possession of charms. 

Maikudi was said to have led some group of kidnappers to abduct his father, Alhaji Idris Maikudi.
The gang reportedly collected a ransom of N1.5 million before releasing the man. The accused were subsequently remanded in prison.

The man did not know his son was behind his abduction until policemen swooped on Hassan. Hassan, Abdullahi Mohammed (35), Abubakar Abubakar (28), Damanya Gambo (30), Usman Saidu (30) and Usman Idris (35), are Fulani herdsmen arrested by the Inspector General of Police (IG) Special Intelligence Response Team, (SIRT) for allegedly kidnapping and terrorising businessmen and residents of Okeho, a border town in Oyo State. The accused, last year November, reportedly kidnapped prominent residents.

They were rounded up at Okeho, a town bordering Benin Republic in Oyo State by SIRT. It was gathered that after receiving several complaints on the activities of Hassan and his gang, the IG, Solomon Arase, deployed the SIRT operatives led by a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), Mr. Abba Kyari. Kyari, with his men, stormed the area and arrested Hassan and others at their different hideouts.

One of the counts reads: “You, Abdullahi Mohammed, 35, Abubakar Abubakar, 28, Damanya Gambo, 30, Usman Saidu, 30, Usman Idris, 35 and Hassan Maikudi, 30, on the same date, time and place in the aforementioned High Court Judicial Division, did unlawfully kidnap one Alhaji Maikudi Idris and received a ransom of N1.5 million before he was released and thereby committed offence contrary to and punishable under Section 364, (1) (2) of the Criminal Code Cap C38 Vo11, Laws of the Oyo State of Nigeria 2000.” The accused pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Justice M. L. Abimbola, who presided over the matter, ordered the accused to be remanded in prison custody. The case was subsequently adjourned till February 2, for hearing.

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