Nigeria, Jan. 19 -- An Ekiti State High Court has sentenced an assistant commissioner of police, Okubo Aboye, to life imprisonment for buying a stolen car from kidnappers.

Mr Aboye was sentenced on Monday alongside his mechanic, Niyi Afolabi.

According to the charge sheet, Mr Aboye was found with a Toyota Hilux van he claimed to have purchased from his mechanic who got it from kidnappers.

The charge sheet said the offence was committed "on or about the 9th -19th day of May 2005 at GRA, Ado Ekiti. The kidnappers then armed themselves with guns and kidnapped one Moses Ajogri 40 and robbed him of his Toyota Hilux van with Reg. No. APP 509 BK."

The prosecuting counsel, Felix Awoniyi, told the court the offence contravened sections 346(2),...