Judiciary
Civil servant docked over alleged N2.2m fraud
A 50-year-old civil servant, Joe Iliya, has appeared before a Magistrates’ Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, over an alleged N2.2 million fraud.
Iliya was charged with criminal breach of trust and cheating by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).
The NSCDC Prosecutor, Mr Marcus Audu, told the court that the complainant, Godwin Ukweze, a resident of Railway quarters Kafanchan, reported the matter at their office on June 20.
Audu said that the defendant defrauded the complainant of N2.2m under the pretext that he was going to sell some plots of land to him.
When the charge was read to him, Iliya pleaded not guilty.
The prosecutor, thereafter, prayed the court for adjournment to enable him call witnesses to prove the case against the defendant.
The Magistrate, Mr Michael Bawa, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N1.5m, with two sureties in like sum.
Bawa adjourned the matter till July 13, for hearing.
Judiciary
Orders from above’: Katsina Hisbah detains journalist seeking interview
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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.