Akwa Poly lecturer, accomplice jailed over extortion, cultism

A lecturer astatine the Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic, Ikot Osurua, Abel Udo Jacob and 1 Innocent Nicholas Ntokon person been convicted by the State High Court for offences bothering connected terrorism, extortion and cultism.

The lecturer, Abel, would beryllium confined successful situation for 3 years portion his counterpart, Innocent would service for 8 years.

Delivering his judgement connected Wednesday, the proceedings judge, Hon. Justice Augustine Odokwo, recovered Ntokon and Jacob blameworthy of subjecting a section businessman, Edikan Jacob Jackson, to a “merciless extortion scheme” that resulted successful the nonaccomplishment of implicit N50,000,000 and the near-collapse of his bequest household business.

The prosecution proved that betwixt 2016 and 2020, Innocent Ntokon utilized his presumption arsenic a person successful Klans Konfraternity to terrorize the victim.

The tribunal heard grounds of however Ntokon sent equipped “enforcers” to the victim’s shops and utilized decease threats against the victim’s parent and sisters to compel monthly payments portion the lecturer acted arsenic the “financial clearinghouse” for the syndicate.

The tribunal rejected his defence that helium believed the millions passing done his relationship were for “NDDC roofing contracts,” describing the assertion arsenic “totally not successful accord with communal sense.”

At the extremity of the two-hour judgment, the defendants pleaded for mercy.

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