Justice Nyako held that the prosecution established its case against Ezeiegbe and Azuekor and convicted them on the offences of kidnapping, terrorism and
The judge held that prosecution failed to substantiate allegations of conspiracy and kidnapping against Omonigho and Momoh.
According to evidence led by the prosecution, Azuekor was on trial in respect of a separate offence in Delta State, but while being conveyed to court, Ezeiegbe and his armed gang members ambushed the prison van conveying Azuekor and killed two prison officials in the process and set Azuekor free. The judge noted that some of the counts in the charge on which the convicts were tried attract a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.
The prosecution led by Chioma Onuegbu, a lawyer from the Federal Ministry of Justice, called seven witnesses in all and tendered 16 exhibits in aid of its case.
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