Judiciary
Court remands 2 farmers for alleged armed robbery
A Makurdi Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday remanded one Aondoakaa Kator and Ernest Ajimta, both of Gboko Local Government Area in Benue, for alleged criminal conspiracy and armed robbery.
The Magistrate, Mrs Erdoo Ter, did not take the plea of the defendants for want of jurisdiction.
She ordered that the defendants be remanded at the Makurdi Correctional Centre pending investigations, and adjourned the case until March 15, for further mention.
The prosecutor, Insp James Ewache, told the court that the case was reported by one Godwin Mbauhar of No. 59, J.S. Tarka Way, Gboko, on Jan. 7, 2023.
The complainant stated that he was in his shop attending to customers when three armed men invaded his shop, shooting sporadically.
Ewache said that the armed men ordered the complainant and his customers to lie face down and ransacked the shop.
He stated that the men took away the cash sum of N982,000 and 12 different types of Tecno phones from the complainant’s shop.
The prosecutor said that during police investigation, the stolen phones were tracked and one Tecno Spark 9 Pro and Tecno Spark 8c were recovered from the defendants, leading to their arrests.
According to the prosecutor, some of the suspects are still at large while investigation into the matter is ongoing.
He said the offence contravened Section 6(b) 1(1)(2)(a)(b) of the Robbery and Firearms Special Provision Act 2004
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.
Judiciary
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Judiciary
Jigawa High Court judges begin annual vacation
Jigawa State Chief Judge, Justice Umar M. Sadiq has approved July 10 for the commencement of annual vacation for the State High Court.
This was contained in a press statement signed by the Director, Publicity and Protocol Matters, Jigawa State Judiciary, issued to newmen.
The statement said the High Court Judicial staff would resume work on Monday, September 11, 2023.
He said the vacation is under the Provision of Order 45 Rule 5(1) of the Jigawa State High Court Civil Procedure Rules (Subsidiary Legislation) Cap. H-2, laws of Jigawa, 2012.
“Given the above, by the Provision of Jigawa State High Court 2022/2023 Legal Calendar, all High Court Judges shall be on vacation from Monday, 10th July, 2023, to Friday, 8th September, 2023 and resume work on Monday, 11th September, 2023,” he said.
He said that during the vacation period, Justice Mustapha Bello Adamu of High Court No 9 Hadejia would serve as the Vacation Judge and sit at High Court Complex, Dutse.
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