Judiciary
Court remands 22-year-old painter for allegedly defiling neighbour’s daughter
An Ogudu Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, on Thursday remanded a 22-year-old painter, Ifeanyi Onyega, in Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling his neighbour’s 16-year-old daughter.
The Magistrate, Mrs M.O. Tanimola, who did not take Onyega’s plea, ordered that the case file should be sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for advice.
Tanimola then adjourned the case until Oct. 21 for the DPP’s advice.
The defendant, who resides at Adebimpe Street in Kosofe area of Lagos, is facing a one-count charge of defilement.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Mr Donjour Perezi, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on July 31, at his residence.
Perezi said that the defendant invited the victim to his room on the pretext of sending her on an errand, but instead forcefully had canal knowledge of her.
He said that the defendant also threatened to harm her if she told anybody.
“The girl, however, told her mother and the case was reported to the police,” the prosecuctor said.
He said the offence contravened Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
Reports state that Section 137 prescribes life imprisonment for defilement.
Judiciary
Orders from above’: Katsina Hisbah detains journalist seeking interview
A journalist with Trust TV, Jamil Mabai, has narrated how he was detained by the Katsina State Hisbah Corps while at the corps’ office on official duty.
The journalist explained that he had gone to the Hisbah headquarters for a follow-up interview with the corps’ Public Relations Officer, Nafiu Akilu, over an incident involving their officers.
Mabai, who narrated his experience on his X handle, said he had wanted to interview the corps’ PRO over a resident, Mallam Gambo, who was shot dead by an officer of the Community Watch Corps.
According to him, while Hisbah officials were trying to shut down a wedding with a DJ, the shots that killed the resident were fired by an operative of the Community Watch Corps tasked with defending communities against bandits attacks
Judiciary
Court remands man for allegedly stealing cold room compressor
A Sharia Court in Kano State on Wednesday ordered that a 25-year-old man, Ahmed Abdulkadir who pleaded guilty to stealing a cold room compressor unit worth N60,000 be remanded in a correction centre.
The police charged Abdulkadir, who lives in Fagge Quarters, Kano, with theft.
The Judge, Malam Umar Lawal-Abubaka, adjourned the matter until July 25 for summary trial.
Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Insp Abdullahi Wada told the court that the complainant, Nura Muhammed who also resides in Fagge Quarters, reported the matter at the Fagge Police Station, Kano, on July 6.
Wada alleged that the defendant, entered into the complainant’s shop and stole the compressor unit.
The defendant pleaded guilty to the charge.
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