Delta State
Polytechnic student has been handed a jail ter of 14 years for
kidnapping — Ndudi Ogwu, an ND II mechanical engineering student of
Delta State Polytechnic has been sentenced to 14 years imprisonment with
hard labour for kidnapping a nurse by a Delta State High Court sitting
at Asaba on Tuesday.
The Court held that the prosecution had
proved its case against Ogwu beyond reasonable doubt and thus convicted
and sentenced him accordingly.
The incidence happened on September 13,
2012 at Ughelli. The kidnappers numbering about 4 took their victim to a
forest along Isoko-Patani Road where she was unlawfully held captive.
She was however, rescued unhurt by a team of soldiers led by one
Sergeant Austin Osudibia the next day.
Ogwu was arrested by a Patrol team of
the JTF at the scene where the kidnapped victim was held captive as the
one detailed to watch over her while the second accused was arrested
through the confessional statement of the 1st accused person.