Four Nigerian
students were sentenced by the High Court here to four years’ imprisonment each
after they pleaded guilty to kidnapping and wrongfully confining a private
college student for 29 days three years ago.
Gebrel Mowaski, 31, Nduka Johnson Samuel 31, Igwe Onyebuchi
Promise 24, and Odumegwu Chiedozie 30, had been charged with abducting the
victim (another Nigerian from a wealthy background) for ransom, an offence that carries the death sentence.
But the four pleaded guilty to alternative charges
yesterday.
Mowaski and Samuel admitted to kidnapping the victim, now
30, with the intention of secretly and wrongfully confining him in a house in
Bandar Damai Perdana, Kajang, between May 23 and June 20, 2010.
Promise and Chiedozie admitted having knowledge of the
kidnapping and keeping the student confined.
It was learned that the victim came from a wealth
and influencial family in Nigeria.
The kidnapped student, who was held captive and guarded by
Promise and Chiedozie, feigned death on the 29th day.
The four accused then took him out of the house and threw
him in a drain in Cyberjaya.
Following a police report, the four were detained.
DPP Aidatul Azura Zainal Abidin said the victim refused to
attend the proceedings out of fear of his captors.
Justice Ahmadi Asnawi ordered the jail term to
run from the date of arrest on June 20, 2010.
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