A Lokoja Chief Magistrate’s Court in Kogi, on Monday remanded a 24 year-old farmer, Sule Haruna, in prison custody over alleged kidnap of a female banker, Morayo Ogunleye.
The magistrate, Mr Alhassan Husaini, while giving the order, said that the two-count charge preferred against Haruna was not bailable.
“It is hereby ordered that the accused be remanded at the Federal Prisons, Koton-Karfe; he cannot be granted bail,” Husaini said.
The magistrate adjourned the case till April 17 for mention.
The accused was charged with criminal conspiracy and kidnapping, contrary to section 97(1) of the Penal Code and Sections 4(1) and 2 of the Kogi State Kidnapping and Other Related Offences (Prohibition) Law, 2015.
According to the prosecuting counsel, Mr Adeboye Awoyale, the kidnap case was reported by one Sam Ayinigba of Zenith Bank, Lokoja on November 15, 2016.
Awoyale told the court…
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