Judiciary
Court remands man, 20 for allegedly assaulting friend
A 20-year-old man, Abdulaziz Shehu, was on Monday ordered to be remanded at the Goron-Dutse correctional centre in Kano until Feb. 6 when he would be arraigned for a summary trial.
Shehu was arraigned in a Kano Sharia Court for allegedly assaulting his friend.
The police charged Shehu, who lives in Kundila Quarters, Kano, with criminal assault and being in possession of substance suspected to be a banned suspect.
The Judge, Ismai’l Muhammed-Ahmed who gave the order, adjourned the matter until Feb. 6 for Summary trial.
Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Insp. Abdul Wada, told the court that Abbah Saleh reported the matter at the Fagge police Station on Jan. 5.
The prosecutor said the complainant alleged that at about 4:00 p.m, he met the defendant at a political gathering where they had a little misunderstanding.
He said that the defendant attacked him with a knife, which inflicted a deep cut on his neck.
The prosecutor said when the defendant was arrested, one wrap of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp was found in his possession.
The prosecutor said the offence contravened the provisions of Sections 158 and 165 of the Penal Code.
The defendant pleaded guilty to the charge.
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
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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