court trial. The police recovered four AK47 and two K2 rifles from one of Wadume's relations who said the weapons belonged to Wadume. Investigations further revealed that Wadume had purchased 10 AK47 rifles from black market within one year and supplied terrorists in the northeast Nigeria and cattle rustlers across Northern region of Nigeria. Court trial On 8 June 2020, the federal government of Nigeria arraigned Wadume along with six others on 13 count charges of terrorism. One of the charges read: "That you Hamisu Bala, (aka Wadume) of Ibi Local Government Area, Taraba, between February and April 2019 at Takum and Ibi Local Government Areas, within the jurisdiction of this court, knowingly seized and detained one Usman Garba at his filling station in Takum, demanded and collected a ransom of N106 million before he was released". Wadume and all his co-accused pleaded 'not guilty' after the charges were read to them. References Terrorism in Nigeria Nigerian kidnappers