Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Frank Mba, a Deputy Commissioner of Police, confirmed that the police will arraign Wadume and others at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday 16th, March, 2020.

The arrest of Bala, better known as Wadume, seven months ago in Taraba, followed the killing of three policemen and a civilian by soldiers at a checkpoint.

Wadume then escaped until his re-arrest in Kano. Since his re-arrest in August 2019, very little has been heard about the kidnap kingpin.

In a viral video after he was picked-up in Kano State, Wadume said he was released by soldiers attached to Battalion 93, Takum, Taraba State,

From the court filings, the bedrock of the police case is the kidnapping in Takum on February 16, 2019 of a petrol dealer, Usman Garba by the Wadume gang. It indicated that the Wadume gang demanded N200million ransom during negotiations for the release of the petrol dealer.

But despite that, relations of the victim were able to hand over N106.3million to the gang, he was killed.

The police stated that the prosecution would rely on the testimonies of 29 witnesses to prove their case.

“DCP Abba Kyari, CSP Baba Khali, ASP Abdulrahman Mohammed, ASP Bawa James, Insps Habila Samuel and Ilarju Joseph are the investigating police officers in this case; they will testify about their findings in the course of the investigation, and will tender exhibits and documents,” the police said in their court filings.

According to the documents, the charges were filed by Simon Lough, Anthony Egwu, and Peter Amadi of the Legal/Prosecution Section of the Force Headquarters in Abuja.