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The three persons suspected to have abducted 20 prospective National Youth Service Corps(NYSC) members and two others suspected to have abducted other persons on Independence Day(1st October, 2026) along Owerri-Onitsha Road in Umunoha, Mbaitoli LGA of Imo state have pleaded not guilty to the charges against them.
During their arraignment by the Department of State Service(DSS) at the State High Court, Owerri, headed by Justice Emeka Orafu, Tuesday, the suspects, Mohammed Aliyu, Usman Aliyu and Babangida Aliyu, suspected to have abducted the youth corpers and Ibrahim Jiji, Aminu Haliru (aka Little Pepper) suspected to have abducted other people, denied knowledge of the abduction and pleaded not guilty of the charges against them.
The suspects, who were said to have collected the sum of 48 million as ransom from their abductees, were clad in white attire as they were arraigned, thus giving the impression that they were high profile kidnappers.
However, in a chat with the counsel to the suspects, Paschal Ofoma immediately after the hearing, said the suspects were assumed innocent until proven otherwise and stated that they would be back in court on the 28th of October for the continuation of the case.
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