Besides Wadume, other defendants in the charge marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/30/2020 are: Aliyu Dadje (a police inspector), Auwalu Bala (aka Omo Razor), Uba Bala (aka Uba Delu), Bashir Wazlri (aka Baba Runs), Zubairu Abdullahi (aka Basho) and Rayyanu Abdul.
The judge also sentenced Delu, Abdullahi and Abdul to seven years imprisonment.
However, Omo Razor and Baba Runs were discharged and acquitted for want of evidence.
Justice Nyako’s judgment was delivered on July 22 but made available to journalists on Sunday.
The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) prosecuted Wadume and others over charges bordering on kidnapping, murder, terrorism and illegal possession of arms.
The charges followed the killing of three police officers and two civilians on August 6, 2019, by some soldiers.
The police officers, who were from the Intelligence Response Team (IRT), Abuja, had arrested Wadume at Ibi before they were ambushed on the road by the military men.
Justice Nyako in the judgment upheld…
