Judiciary
Agent docked for alleged N7m scam
A 38-year-old agent, Mohammad Haruna, was on Wednesday docked in a Kaduna High Court, for alleged N7 million job scam.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) charged Haruna with conspiracy and fraud.
The EFCC Counsel, Mr. E.K. Garba, told the court that the defendant committed the offence in August in Kaduna.
He said the defendant defrauded Clement Williams, Helen Matthews and Amos Hephzibah of the sum of N7m in the guise of getting a paid job for them.
The EFCC alleged that the defendant told the victims that the money paid was “facilitation fee” to process the offer of the jobs.
Leo said the offence contravened the provisions of sections 138 and 213 of the Penal Code Kaduna State, 2017.
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty of the charge.
The counsel to the defendant, Mr. Bala Nasiru, prayed the court to admit his client to bail in the most liberal terms.
The Judge, Nasiru Sadiq, admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N1 million with two sureties in like sum.
Sadiq ordered that each surety must reside within the court’s jurisdiction and must in addition, own a landed property.
He further held that the sureties must be gainfully employed, who must show evidence of two years tax payment to the Kaduna State Government.
The judge adjourned the case until Oct. 25 for hearing.
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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