Judiciary
Police arraign businessman for alleged impersonation
The Police on Monday arraigned a 30-year-old businessman, Ahmed Taludeen, in a Kado Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, for allegedly impersonating as a naval officer and defrauding a guest house.
The police charged Taludeen of Zoo road Housing Estate, Kano State, with criminal trespass and cheating by impersonation.
The prosecution counsel Stanley Nwafoaku, told the court that on Feb. 16 at about 9:00 a.m, the complainant, Benson Faith of Apo legislative quarters, Abuja, reported the matter at Life Camp Police Station.
Nwafoaku alleged that on Feb. 2, at about 6:00 pm, the defendant criminally trespassed into Santos Guest House and Lodge, were he impersonated as a naval officer and lodged for two weeks.
The prosecution counsel alleged that the defendant accumulated a bill of N201,000 and when he was asked to pay, he jumped over the fence into a fire service building where he was arrested.
Nwafoaku told the court that during police investigation, the defendant admitted to the crime. The prosecution counsel added that the offence contravene sections 342 and 324 of the penal code law.
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The defence counsel, Cajetan Nnaemeka, made a bail application for the defendant in the most liberal terms.
Nnaemeka made the application, citing sections 36 of the 1999 constitution and sections 158 of the Administration of the Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) 2015, promising that the defendant will not jump bail if granted.
The prosecution counsel, however, did not object to the bail application made by the defence counsel.
The Judge, Muhammed Wakili, admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N300,000 and one surety in like sum.
Wakili ordered that the surety must provide a BVN print out, recent passport photograph and a valid identification card, which must be verified by the court registrar.
The Judge adjourned the matter until April 18, for hearing.
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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