Court sentences bus driver to death over kidnap in Warri

The long hand of the law has finally caught up with a 32-year-old commercial bus driver,Efe Taire, who was sentenced to death by hanging by a Delta state High court, Warri, having found him guilty of a four-count charge of conspiracy, armed robbery, kidnapping as well as illegal demand N30 million ransom.

The commercial bus driver, alongside three others who are still at large robbed one Tommy Etejire of his RAV 4 SUV on January 21, 2011 at Upper Erejuwa, Warri and attempted to sell the car to a popularly car dealer at Agbor before he was arrested at a Police checkpoint around Ugorhu junction in Okpe.

The court was told that the convict and his gang members also held the owner of the car hostage and demanded a ransom of N30 million, but later reduced it to N1.2 million, which was paid by his family before their victim finally regained his freedom.

Presiding judge, Justice M. Mukoro while sentencing him to death said the prosecution succeeded in proving its case beyond reasonable doubt.

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