Court Sentences Man to Death for Kidnap, Murder in Kogi
Justice Abdul Nicodemus Awulu said prosecutors proved Halilu and his gang abducted hotel owner Uche Andrew Offo and collected a N2.5 million ransom.
- On Tuesday, a Kogi State High Court sentenced Jibrin Halilu to death for kidnapping and murdering his neighbor, Uche Andrew Offo, following a successful Department of State Services prosecution.
- This ruling occurred barely 24 hours after a Katsina State High Court sentenced a female arms courier to death, both cases stemming from Department of State Services investigations.
- On March 23, 2023, Halilu and his gang invaded the Everready Hotel in the Angwa-Tiv area of Obajana, abducting proprietor Offo; despite the family paying N2.5 million ransom, the kidnappers murdered him.
- These sentencings follow a June 3, 2026, landmark verdict by a Federal High Court in Abuja that sentenced four men to death for the June 5, 2022, attack on St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State.
- The court sentenced the quartet of Idris Abdulmalik Omeiza, Al Qasim Idris, Jamiu Abdulmalik, and Abdulhaleem Idris to death by hanging for the attack, which killed over 40 worshippers and injured over 100 persons.
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Kogi: Court Imposes death sentence On Man Arrested for...
Barely 24 hours after a Katsina State High Court sentenced a female arms courier arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) to death, a High Court of Kogi State has also imposed the death penalty on a man prosecuted for kidnapping and murdering his neighbour, who ran a hotel in Obajana. The Kogi Court, presided by Justice Abdul Nicodemus Awulu, on Tuesday found Jibrin Halilu guilty on the charges of conspiracy and kidnapping, in contrave…
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Barely 24 hours after a Katsina State High Court sentenced to death a female arms courier arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS), a High Court in Kogi State has also slammed the death penalty on a man the prosecuted by the secret police for kidnapping and murdering his neighbour, who ran a hotel in Obajana. The Katsina and Kogi sentences came less than two weeks after a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, imposed the death penalty o…
Court sentences man to death for kidnapping, killing his neighbour in Kogi
he high court in Kogi state has sentenced Jibrin Halilu to death for kidnapping and killing his neighbour despite obtaining N2.5 million in ransom. Abdul Nicodemus Awulu, the trial judge, on Tuesday, convicted Halilu of charges bordering on conspiracy and kidnapping. The charges contravened sections 12, 6 (1), and 4 (3)(a) of the Kogi State Kidnapping and Other Related Offences Prohibition Law, 2023. The Department of State Services (DSS) prosec…
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