Kidnappers Can Be Treated As Terrorists — Malami

Attorney-general of the federation, Abubakar Malami says kidnappers can be treated as terrorists.

Gatekeepers News reports that the Attorney-general of Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami says kidnappers are now qualified to be treated as terrorists.

Federal high court in Abuja declared the activities of two bandit groups as acts of lterrorism.

The ruling was pronounced following an ex-parte motion filed by the director of public prosecution (DPP) at the ministry of justice, Mohammed Abubakar.

Malami, while speaking during a Channels Television programme, said those who kidnap using force and arms will be treated within the ambit of the terrorism act.

“If you kidnap using force, using arms, you are qualified as a terrorist within the dictates and the determination of the judicial decision handed down by the court.

“It is in the process of being gazetted but the order has been procured and obtained, it is being gazetted and the publication will follow suit thereafter.

“The gazette is a formal process and it doesn’t take away the legality and effectiveness of an order or perhaps a decision of the court.

“The decision of the court is effective, inherently in its own right, without necessarily awaiting the gazetting process.”