Judiciary
3 docked for allegedly stealing solar panels
Three people were on Friday brought before an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing four solar panels and other equipment valued N3 million.
The defendants, Victor Eniffiok, 23; Collins Ekom, 18; and Samuel Ariyo, 25, are being tried on a two-count charge of conspiracy and stealing.
Eniffiok, a barber, and Ekom, a security guard, reside at Bariga, while Ariyo resides at Gbagada.
All the defendants, however, pleaded not guilty before Magistrate Mrs. M.O. Tanimola.
The prosecutor, Insp. Donjour Perezi, told the court that the defendants committed the offences on July 30.
He said the defendants conspired to commit the offences at 10/12 Oke-Owo Shomorin Street, Ifako-Gbagada, Lagos.
Perezi stated that the defendants allegedly broke into a warehouse belonging to Invent Media Ltd., to steal several items.
According to the charge, some of the stolen items include: four pieces of Lemi Solar Panel ‘60w,’ 18 pieces of Littium Batteries ‘255 watts,’ three pieces of rechargeable fans and one pumping machine, valued N3 million.
Perezi said the offences contravened Sections 287 and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
Tanimola granted the defendants bail in the sum of N200, 000 each with two sureties each in like sum.
She ordered that the home and office addresses of the sureties must be verified.
She adjourned the case until Sept. 12 for mention.
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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