Reason Why People Jubilated, Celebrated Release Of Notorious Kidnapper, Wadume From Prison Revealed

On Sunday, April 7th, thousands of people including youths and women in Ibbi town, Taraba State, trooped out to welcome convicted notorious kidnapper, Hamisu Bala, better known as ‘Wadume’, who got freed after serving his jail term….CONTINUE READING

A resident of the town said the town stood still for Wadume because of his philanthropic activities in the community prior to his arrest by the IRT team led by the now suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari.

Wadume was reportedly driven round the town and thereafter proceeded to visit the Chief of Ibbi chiefdom, Alhaji Salihu Danbawuro, at his palace.

He told the traditional ruler that he was at the palace to thank the chief and the entire people of his chiefdom.

However, while reacting to news of Wadume’s release from prison, Executive Director, Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Center, (CISLAC), Auwalu Rafsanjani, described the release “Misplacement of judicial justice system in Nigeria.”

He said: “Those who are supposed to received stiff penalty for atrocities they committed are being pampered and given all sorts of leverages to come back and continue with their atrocities.

“What has happened just goes to show how administrative justice system is Nigeria is not actually responding to justice in Nigeria.

“Somebody who has committed these degree of atrocities, you are now treating him like a king; this is going to motivate and encourage more people to commit these crimes because he will come back and continue to terrorize the public. This in an ideal society should not happen.

Rafsanjani laments that “People who are innocent are languishing in prison, some of them have spent 20 years, 15 years in prison without trial.

“Now somebody who has committed these huge atrocities against innocent people is being given few years of jail term and is now released.

“I think that the Nigerian state should be responsible for the level of insecurity, kidnappings, terrorism that is going on in the country because they have not taken necessary steps to deal with that.”