Federal Prime Court docket sitting in Abuja on Thursday sentenced one Sunday Frank to 40 years in correctional custody for appearing as a undercover agent for infamous Benue bandit chief, the overdue Terwase Akwaza, popularly referred to as Gana.
Frank, who hails from Katsina-Ala Native Govt House of Benue State, was once convicted after confessing that he monitored and supplied data to Gana concerning the motion of safety brokers.
He was once arraigned on a four-count price filed through the Federal Govt and prosecuted through the Lawyer-Normal of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN.
In line with the price, the convict additionally abducted one Samuel in 2022 and held him hostage till the sum of N40,000 was once paid as ransom.
He was once accused of committing offences opposite to Sections 21 and 24 of the Terrorism Prevention and Prohibition Act, 2022.
Even supposing the defendant denied counts 1, 2 and three which border on abduction, he pleaded responsible to depend 4 which pertains to offering data to the bandit chief.
Following his plea, the AGF carried out for the 3 counts denied through the defendant to be struck out, a request which was once granted through the court docket.
The prosecution thereafter known as a witness who instructed the court docket that he was once a part of the crew that investigated the defendant.
In his submission, the AGF recommended the court docket to convict the defendant on Rely 4 to which he pleaded responsible, in view of his confessional observation and reveals tendered.
Turning in judgement, Justice Hawa Yilwa discovered the defendant responsible on Rely 4 and sentenced him to 40 years’ imprisonment, with impact from the date of his arrest.
The court docket additionally ordered that upon finishing touch of his prison time period, the convict must go through a rehabilitation programme.
The case is a part of the continued mass trial of detained terror suspects.
