Kwara high court sentences six Fulani Herdsmen to life imprisonment

Justice Hannah Ajayi found Six Fulani Herdsmen guilty on Friday and sentenced them to life imprisonment on offences of conspiracy, kidnapping and illegal possession of firearms. 

Those convicted after standing trial before the Court for about five years included; Tambaya Abubakar, Babuga Umaru, Shehu Umaru, Mojumba Bello, Abubakar Juli and Mamma Lawali.

The prosecution had charged the six accused persons with conspiracy, kidnapping and possession of firearms.

The convicts were alleged to have conspired and kidnapped one Usman Mohammed while armed with two single barrel guns at Osi in Ekiti Local Government area of Kwara State in 2017.

The charge further revealed that the convicts took Mohammed into the bush where they demanded a ransom and were paid N400,000 by the victim’s family.

The convicts who pleaded not guilty to the charges during the course of the trial told the court through their separate counsel that they were Fulanis who reared cattle and were always busy on their various farms attending to their animals.