Nigeria, April 8 -- The chairperson of the Taraba State chapter of the Coalition of Civil Society Groups in Nigeria, Joseph Gimba, on Monday, expressed dismay with the public celebration of the return of a notorious convict, Hamisu Bala, also known as Wadume, from the correctional service centre in Kuje, Abuja.

Mr Gimba told PREMIUM TIMES in Jalingo, the state capital, that the celebration was "condemnable, unfortunate, uncalled for and criminal."

Wadume, a suspected kidnapper, was rearrested in 2019, a few weeks after soldiers attacked a police team that arrested him in Ibbi, Taraba State, on its way back to Abuja.

The soldiers attached to Battalion 93 of the Nigerian Army and led by Tijjani Balarabe were at a checkpoint on the Ibbi-T...