Three accused persons who abducted Tobechukwu Ochei, younger brother to former Delta House of Assembly Speaker, Victor Ochei, in 2012, have been sentenced to 60 years imprisonment with hard labour by an Asaba High Court.
The hoodlums, who were armed with guns, kidnapped the victim who was on his honeymoon at the gate of his house in Asaba within the Asaba Judicial Division, and whisked him away in their operational vehicle to an unknown location.
He was later rescued by men of the DSS after spending four days in the kidnappers den, identified as an Iraq Community inside the creeks. They had demanded a ransom of N300 million frohm the family before he could be released.
The Court presided over by Honourable Justice Cletus Emifoniye while delivering its verdict found the three accused persons, 37-year old Igane Enekorogha, a fisherman, 36-year old Godwin Sibede, a driver and 47-year old Job Burutu guilty of the four-count charge of kidnapping, conspiracy to commit kidnapping, demanding property with menace and illegal possession of firearms.
They were subsequently sentenced to 10 years imprisonment each for the offense of kidnapping, 7 years imprisonment each for conspiracy, 3 years in jail for each of the accused persons for demanding the sum of N300 million as ransom and another 10 years jail term each for illegal possession of firearms. The Court, however, ruled that the sentences are to run concurrently.
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