Father of 7 sentenced to death by hanging for kidnapping in Akwa Ibom

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One Pius Udo Ben, a father of seven from Ikot Use Ekong in Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, has been sentenced to death for kidnapping a four year old boy who has not been found till date.

Ben, aged 59, was standing trial before the State High Court sitting in Abak with one Emmanuel Dickson Assam, a 62 year-old carpenter, charged for aiding him to escape, contrary to Section 12 subsection b of Akwa Ibom State Internal Security and Enforcement Law, 2009.

She held that “whether the four year-old boy is alive or not, the clue lies with the convict, who from the fact of the case, has decided to keep mum and face the consequences alone.” “He may well not be alive again or is being raised in a strange environment to be who God did not create him to be. Whatever happens, it is expected that justice must be done.” Justice Isangedighi held.

 

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