Judiciary
Sales boy docked for allegedly stealing N250,000 from master
A sales boy, Divine Onovo, who allegedly stole N250,000 from his master, pleaded guilty to the offense on Thursday in an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos.
The police had charged Onovo, 38, of Adewale Street, Ikotun, Lagos.
The Prosecution Counsel, Insp Sunday Bassey, told the court that the accused committed the offence on Nov. 22, 2022, at block 450, flat 3, Festac Town, Lagos.
He said the defendant, a sales boy for one Mr Elochukwu Igwe, the complainant, had unusually gone to the shop on a Sunday to steal the sum of N250,000.
“The complainant reported that sometime in February, 2022, his mother brought the defendant to him as a sales boy that will serve him for six years.
“After that, he will settle him with a shop and some money to start his own business.
“On a certain Sunday, the accused went to the complainants’ house and told him he wanted to open the shop but this not the usual practice.
“Mr Igwe gave him the key to open the shop but the accused had an ulterior motive of stealing from his master.
“He went to the shop and removed the said amount of money and ran away back to the east without informing his master,” the prosecutor said.
The offence, he said, contravened the provisions of sections 287 (7)of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Section 287 (7) provides seven years imprisonment for clerks stealing from their employers.
Magistrate O. A. Daodu adjourned the case until Feb. 3, 2023, for facts and sentencing.
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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