Ekiti Court Sentences 2 Men To Death For Kidnapping NYSC Staff Member

An Ekiti State High Court has sentenced two men to death by hanging for the abduction of a staff member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in the state.
The convicts, Ibrahim Abubakar and Abdullahi Abubakar, were found guilty of kidnapping by the Ekiti State High Court 1 sitting in Fajuyi, Ado-Ekiti, in suit number HAD/124C/2022.
A third defendant, Usman Abubakar, was discharged and acquitted after the court held that the prosecution failed to establish his involvement in the crime.
The case stemmed from the abduction of Omoboade Adesina, a female staff member of the NYSC in Ekiti State, on April 22, 2022.
Following the incident, operatives of the Department of State Servi...