By Solomon Runsewe

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Nine suspected kidnappers, who allegedly abducted Mrs Olubunmi Eunice Ale, wife of the Chief of Staff to the Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, have been remanded at the Nigerian Correction Centre in Ondo town by an Ondo Magistrate’s Court.
Men of the AMOTEKUN Corps, had dragged the accused persons before the court on four-count charges of conspiracy, abduction and deprivation of liberty, kidnapping, robbery and stealing.
The accused persons are; Ibrahim Yao Malu, Bamo Yusuf Mohammed, Umaru Abubakar, Umaru Aliu, Abubakar Haruna, Suraja Umaru, Kiro Mohammed, Gambo Yusuf and Umaru Sanni.
The state counsel, Mrs O. T Akeredolu, (ACLO), who led the prosecution team from the office of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) informed the court that the accused persons committed the offences on November 26, 2020, at Owena-Akure, Ondo road, in the Ondo State Magisterial District.
She told the court that the accused persons conspired with others still at large to abduct Mrs Ale and also robbed one Ayeloja Olalekan of his itel phone.
The offences were said to have contravened section 530 of the Criminal Code Cap 37 Vol. 1 Laws of Ondo State Nigeria, 2006, including sections 1(2) (a) & (b), 6 (b) of the Robbery and Firearms (Special Provisions) Act, Cap T12, Laws of Federation of Nigeria, 2004 and section 5(1) of the Ondo State, Anti-kidnapping and Anti-Abduction Law, 2010.
Akeredolu said the accused persons intentionally committed the offences not minding the consequences.
She, therefore tendered the remand applicative of the accused persons.
However, the accused persons were not legally represented.