{"id":130223,"date":"2026-10-22T20:01:05","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T19:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=130223"},"modified":"2026-10-22T20:01:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T19:01:05","slug":"igp-arraigns-man-over-alleged-kidnap-killing-of-pastor-in-abuja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/igp-arraigns-man-over-alleged-kidnap-killing-of-pastor-in-abuja\/","title":{"rendered":"IGP Arraigns Man over Alleged Kidnap, Killing of Pastor in Abuja"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By John Azu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu has arraigned a 23-year-old man, Ibrahim Aboubakar, over his alleged involvement in the kidnapping and killing of a pastor, Nicholas Akor Alfa, and another man, Elijah Nweke, in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>Aboubakar was arraigned on Thursday before Justice Salim Ibrahim of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on a six-count charge marked FHC\/ABJ\/CR\/618\/2026.<\/p>\n<p>The charges bordered on alleged membership of a terrorist group, conspiracy, kidnapping, hostage-taking, illegal possession of firearms and the killing of the two victims at Gbagalape Forest, Nyanya, Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>A co-defendant, Abubakar Shuaibu, 22, was initially listed in the charge but was subsequently removed following his illness and death in hospital.<\/p>\n<p>At the commencement of proceedings, prosecution counsel Dabo Yakubu, a lawyer with the IGP\u2019s Special Tactical Squad, applied for Shuaibu\u2019s name to be struck out pursuant to Section 216 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA), 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The application was not opposed by defence counsel Enyisal Lawrence.<\/p>\n<p>After the six counts were read to him, Aboubakar pleaded not guilty to all the charges.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecution subsequently applied for a trial date, and Justice Ibrahim adjourned the case until November 26.<\/p>\n<p>In the first count, the prosecution alleged that Shuaibu, of Nyanya, Abuja; Aboubakar, of Keffi, Nasarawa State; and others still at large conspired and armed themselves with guns and other dangerous weapons to kidnap Nweke and Pastor Alfa on or about May 16 at Gbagalape, Nyanya.<\/p>\n<p>In the second count, the defendants were accused of invading residential houses, seizing the victims and detaining them for ransom.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecution further alleged that in April, the defendants, while armed with guns and other dangerous weapons, seized and held Nweke and Alfa hostage at Gbagalape Forest.<\/p>\n<p>According to the police, the suspects subsequently negotiated with the victims\u2019 families and demanded \u20a68 million as ransom for their release.<\/p>\n<p>Another count accused the defendants and others still at large of detaining the victims at Gbagalape Forest and shooting them dead without provocation.<\/p>\n<p>In count five, the prosecution alleged that Aboubakar and Shuaibu confessed in June 2026, at the FID Special Tactical Squad office in Guzape, Abuja, to belonging to a terrorist group involved in armed robbery, kidnapping and hostage-taking in parts of Nasarawa State and the Federal Capital Territory.<\/p>\n<p>The offences are punishable under relevant provisions of the Terrorism (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The defendant\u2019s plea of not guilty means the allegations remain to be established in court.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By John Azu The Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu has arraigned a 23-year-old man, Ibrahim Aboubakar, over his alleged involvement in the kidnapping and killing of a pastor, Nicholas Akor&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":127082,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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