Judiciary
Scavenger bags 9 months imprisonment for stealing cooking gas cylinder
A Dei-Dei Grade I Area Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, sentenced a 22-year-old scavenger, Philip Ola, to nine months imprisonment for stealing cooking gas cylinder.
Ola, of no fixed address, had pleaded guilty to the charges of house breaking and theft and begged for leniency.
The Judge, Saminu Suleiman, however, gave the convict an option of N20,000 fine and warned him to desist from committing crime in future.
Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Chinedu Ogada, told the court that the complainant, Benjamin Ikechi, of Anguwan London, Ikwa Zuba, Abuja, reported the matter at Zuba police station on March 25.
Ogada said the convict criminally broke into the complainant’s house and dishonestly stole his cooking gas cylinder, valued at N25,000.
He said that in process of escaping, the complainant caught the convict inside his house and handed him over to the police for investigation.
The prosecution counsel stated that during police interrogation and investigation, the convict confessed to the crime, while the gas cylinder was recovered from him.
According to him, the offences contravene Section 288 of the Penal Code.
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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