Ade Adesomoju, AbujaTwo soldiers were involved in the September 2016 kidnapping of Mrs. Margaret Emeiele, wife of the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, a police report accompanying the amended charges filed against the suspects have shown. On December 6, 2017 the prosecution filed the amended hostage-taking charges before the Federal High Court in Abuja against four surviving suspects, who, in September 2016, allegedly kidnapped the wife of the CBN governor. All the defendants and Abubakar were initially charged with five counts of hostage taking on July 7, 2017. The AGF filed five counts under the Terrorism (Prevention) (Amendment) Act 2013 against the alleged kidnappers. The three former soldiers — George, Maidabara and Uduefe — were accused in count four, of aiding and abetting the act of hostage taking.

Source: Punch January 02, 2018 23:03 UTC