31 YEAR OLD MAN BAGS 12 YEARS OVER KIDNAPPING

The judge, Justice Cornelius Akintayo in his judgment said, “I hereby sentence Ogunrinde to five years imprisonment for conspiracy and seven years for kidnapping, the sentence shall run concurrently,”

Penpushing reports that convict   faced an 11-count charge, bothering on conspiracy, murder, kidnapping and armed robbery, all of which he pleaded not guilty. The charge sheet said the crimes occurred serially between May 3, 2015, to May 15, 2015, at Epere-Ekiti, Ido-Ekiti, Ipere-Ekiti, Ado-Ekiti, Eyio-Ekiti, among others.

The victim narrated that they were forced to a stop along Ido-Ilogbo-Ekiti Road and were whisked to an unknown place, adding that they trekked for almost six hours, adding, “on getting to the kidnappers’ camp, we met some women who had earlier been abducted.

“I overheard the kidnappers saying they don’t normally kidnap men, but stubborn ones. As a man, I was scared for my life. We were given concoction rice in the morning and ‘eba’ at night. Altogether, we spent over 15-days in their camp,” the victim recalled.

Penpushing further reports that, the defendant was later arrested by the police, through the efforts of a vigilance group at Iju, in Ondo State. The Prosecutor, Idowu Adelusi, called five witnesses, who identified Ogunrinde.

However ,in contrast, counsel to Ogunrinde called four witnesses but could not convince the court of proof Ogunrinde’s innocence.