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  • Court jails man for electric cable theft

    Court jails man for electric cable theft

    A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Thursday sentenced one Abdullahi Inuwa to two years’ imprisonment for vandalising a transformer and stealing its power supply cables.

    The judge, Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq, however, gave Inuwa an option of N25,000 fine.

    Sadiq advised him to desist from crime, and hoped that the sentence would serve as a deterrent to others.

    “It is even dangerous to go close to a transformer,’’ he warned.

    Inuwa, who resides at Jabi Garage, Abuja, was convicted on a three-count charge of conspiracy, trespass and theft, after he pleaded guilty.

    He had prayed the court to tamper justice with mercy, claiming that he acted in ignorance.

    The prosecutor, Mrs Florence Avhioboh, told the court that Inuwa scaled a fence after stealing the cables but was arrested at the Panda Supermarket, Jabi, where he jumped into.

    She submitted that Mr Chukwu Ugbo in the supermarket reported the case at the Utako Police Station, Abuja, on Sept. 19.

    According to the prosecutor, the cables were valued at millions of naira.

    The prosecutor said that the offence was punishable under Sections 79, 343 and 288 of the Penal Code.

  • Court remands man over sexual harassment of minor

    Court remands man over sexual harassment of minor

    A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court in Abuja on Thursday ordered the remand of a 25-year-old man in prison over alleged sexual harassment of a minor.

    The Judge, Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq, ordered that the defendant remain in custody until Oct. 5 for further hearing.

    The defendant, a resident of Tasha 1, Abuja, is standing trial on a two-count charge of gross indencency and criminal force assault.

    The prosecutor, Mrs Florence Avhioboh, told the court that Asema Kubmu of same address with the defendant reported the matter at Gwagwa Police Station, Abuja on Sept. 7.

    Avhioboh said the defendant criminally and intentionally put his finger into his 13 years old daughter’s private part, an offence which contravened sections 285 and 265 of the Penal Code.

    The defendant had, however, pleaded not guilty to the offence

  • Two men jailed 15 months for stealing bag

    Two men jailed 15 months for stealing bag

    An Abuja Grade 1Area Court in Karmo on Monday sentenced two men: Ikechukwu Udume, 25, and Kalu Okoro, 22, to 15 months’ imprisonment for stealing a bag.

    Udume and Okoro of no fixed address were convicted on a charge of stealing contrary to Sections 79 and 287 of the Penal Code.

    The presiding judge, Abubakar Sadiq, passed the sentence when Udume and Okoro pleaded guilty to the charge.

    He, however, gave them an option of N15,000-fine and warned the convicts to desist from criminal activities.

    The prosecuting counsel, Florence Auhioboh, had earlier on told the court that one Chioma Andrew of Gora Village in Kaduna State reported the matter at the Utako Police Station on Sept. 4.

    Auhioboh told the court that Udume and Okoro had gone to Jabi-Lagos Park in Abuja and stole a travelling bag belonging to Chioma Andrew on Sept.4 at 8 p.m.

    She said during police investigation and interrogation, Udume and Okoro admitted to have committed the offence.

    Auhioboh, however, said that following plea by one of the accused, the prosecutor prayed the court to try him summarily under Section 347 of the Administration of Criminal Justices Act, 2015.

  • Court sentences man to six lashes for stealing maize

    Court sentences man to six lashes for stealing maize

    An FCT Grade 1 Area Court, Karmo, on Thursday ordered a Scavenger, Anas Abdulkari to be given six strokes of the cane for stealing maize.

    Abdulkari, 20, resident of Gidan Bola Jabi, Abuja, was sentenced for criminal trespass and theft after he pleaded guilty and begged for leniency.

    “I’m so sorry sir for stealing the maize, I took only three maize because I was very hungry; please forgive me,’’ he said.

    The Judge, Abubakar Sadiq said that the punishment would have been severe if he had not pleaded guilty to save the court the pains of long prosecution.

    Earlier, the court was told that one Alhaji Sale Ali of Jabi Behind Delta Line reported the matter to Utako Police Station on Aug. 21.

    The prosecutor, Mrs Florence Auhioboh, told the court that the convict criminally went into Ali’s farm and harvested maize without his consent.

    Auhioboh said that the convict, who was apprehended and handed over to the police immediately, had in the course of interrogation, admitted committing the offence.

    The prosecutor said the actions violated Sections 348 and 287 of the Penal Code, and asked the court for summary trial after Abdulkadir pleaded guilty in line with Section 347 of the Administration of Criminal Justices Act, 2015.

  • Labourer imprisoned for stealing window slides

    Labourer imprisoned for stealing window slides

    A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Tuesday sentenced a Labourer, Suleiman Abdullah, to eight months imprisonment for stealing glass window slides.

    The judge, Abubakar Sadiq, sentenced Abdullah, 23, after he pleaded guilty to a two-count charge of theft.

    The judge, however, gave the convict N10, 000 option of fine.

    Earlier, the prosecutor, Mrs Auhioboh Florence, told the court that on Aug. 22, one Mohammed Sheffiu of No. 2 Works and Housing Estate, Gwarinpa, Abuja, reported the incident at the Gwarinpa Police Station.

    Florence said that Sheffiu reported the matter for proper investigation, which led to the arrest of the convict.

    According to Florence, the convict committed the offences on the same date at about 12 a.m. at Gwarinpa.

    The prosecutor said that the convict criminally trespassed into the complainant’s house and stole four glass window slides valued at N5, 500.

    Florence told the court that the items belong to one Japhet Sani.

    She said that during police investigation and interrogation, the convict confessed to the crime.

    The offences contravened Sections 79 and 287 of the Penal Code.

  • Court jails house agent 16 months for absconding with N800,000

    Court jails house agent 16 months for absconding with N800,000

    A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Monday sentenced one Husseini Narumfa, a house agent, to 16 months imprisonment for absconding with a would-be tenant’s N800, 000.

    The complainant, Prince Sunday sometime in July 2017, paid the money into the convict’s bank account as fresh rent for an apartment.

    The judge, Mr Abubakar Sadiq, convicted Narumfa as he admitted committing the offences.

    Narumfa, a resident of Utako in the FCT, was sentenced on a two-count charge of criminal breach of trust and cheating.

    The judge, however, awarded the convict a N20, 000 option of fine, and warned him to view the reprieve as a second chance to become a better citizen.

    Sadiq also ordered the convict to return the N800, 000 he took from the complainant, adding that paying back that money was also a key condition to meet before he could regain his freedom.

    Mrs Florence Auhioboh, the prosecuting officer, had told the court that Sunday of No. 20 Usman Zaki St. Utako, reported the matter at Utako Police Station on Aug. 16

    Auhioboh averred that sometime in July 2017, the complainant paid N800, 000 into the convict’s bank account to secure an apartment for him in Utako.

    She said that the convict failed to secure the apartment for the complainant but absconded with the cash to an unknown destination, but was later arrested.

    Auhioboh said that effort made to recover the money from the convict after his arrest failed, even though he made a confessional statement admitting to the offences.
    The prosecutor said his actions violated Sections 312 and 322 of the Penal Code.

  • Court jails carpenter 12 months for criminal trespass

    Court jails carpenter 12 months for criminal trespass

    A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Monday sentenced a 22-year-old Carpenter, Dogara Stanley, to 12 months imprisonment for stealing equipment worth N360,000.

    Stanley, who resides at Karasana village, had pleaded guilty to a three-count charge of joint act, criminal trespass and theft.

    The judge, Mr Abubakar Sadiq, in his judgment, declined the convict an option of fine, and held that he was not a first time offender.

    Sadiq, therefore, sentenced the convict to four months on each of the count, and said that the punishment would have been more severe if he had not pleaded guilty to the offence.

    He admonished the convict to desist from crime in the future and become a better citizen.

    Sadiq also ordered the convict to pay N360,000 as restitution to the complainant

    The prosecutor, Auhioboh Florence, had told the court that one Awosanya Olumayemi of Lokogoma, Abuja, reported the matter at the Gwagwa Police Station on Aug. 8.

    Florence told the court that the convict and two others now at large dishonestly trespassed into the complainant’s block industry located at Karasana site and stole his working equipment.

    She said that the convict stole the complainant’s control box worth N200, 000, electrical cable valued N9,000, mixed coil worth N150,000.

    Florence said that during police investigation, all effort made to recover the stolen items proved abortive even though the convict had admitted committing the offence.

    She said that the offences contravened sections 79, 348 and 288 of the Penal Code.

  • Scavenger to receive six lashes for stealing plate

    Scavenger to receive six lashes for stealing plate

    A Karmo Grade 1Area Court, Abuja, on Friday ordered that a scavenger, Nafiu Lawal, be given six strokes of the cane for stealing plate.

    The judge, Abubakar Sadiq, gave the order after the convict pleaded guilty on a two-count charge levelled against him.

    Sadiq said that the punishment would have been severe if he had not pleaded guilty and saved the court the pains of protracted prosecution.

    The prosecuting counsel, Auhioboh Florence, had told the court that one Tina Bawa of 1st Avenue Gwarinpa, Abuja, reported the matter at the Gwarinpa Police Station on Aug. 7

    The prosecutor said that the convict committed the offence on the same date at about 6.25 a.m. at Gwarinpa.

    The prosecutor said that the convict criminally trespassed into the complainant’s shop and stole a plate valued at N5, 000, cooking pot valued at N7, 000 and baby cord worth N15, 000.

    During police investigation and interrogation, the convict admitted committing the offence, the prosecutor said; while the offences contravened the provisions of Sections 348 and 287 of the Penal Code.

    Following the plea of the convict, the prosecutor prayed the court to try him summarily, under Section 347 of the Administration of Criminal Justices Act, 2015.

  • Man bags six months imprisonment for snatching two cell phones

    Man bags six months imprisonment for snatching two cell phones

    An FCT Area Court Judge, Abubakar Sadiq, on Tuesday, sentenced a driver, Bashir Lawal, to six months imprisonment for snatching two cell phones.

    The court convicted Lawal, 30, after he pleaded guilty to a two-count charge of theft.

    However, the court gave him an option of N10, 000 fine.

    Earlier, the prosecutor, Dalhatu Zannah, told the court that on Aug. 1, Cpl. Audu Yusuf, attached to Minister of Budget and National Planning, Abuja, reported the incident at the Utako Police Station.

    Zannah said that Yusuf reported the matter for proper investigation.

    According to Zannah, the convict committed the offence on the same date at about 4 p.m. at Jabi Dam.

    He said the convict and three others now at large, attacked a man at Jabi Dam and forcefully snatched his two cell phones valued at N45, 000.

    Zannah said the complainant raised an alarm which attracted people around and the convict was caught, but the three others escaped with the phones.

    The prosecutor said that during police investigation and interrogation, the convict confessed to the crime.

    According to him, the offences contravene Sections 79 and 287 of the Penal Code, which attracts five years imprisonment with option of fine or both.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the convict could not pay the fine and was taken to Suleja Prisons.

  • Man to receive six strokes of cane over attempted theft

    Man to receive six strokes of cane over attempted theft

    A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Tuesday ordered the flogging of a 32-year-old Nuhu Ahmed, for an attempted theft.

    The convict, who admitted committing the offence, pleaded with the court to temper justice with mercy, saying that he was misguided by his friends.

    The judge, Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq, ordered that Ahmed be given six strokes of the cane, after finding hm guilty of the charge.

    Sadiq, who warned the convict to desist from committing crime in future, added that the court might not be this lenient the next time he appeared before him.

    Earlier, the prosecutor, Florence Auhioboh, told the court the accused, a car washer, and who resides at Garki area of FCT, was arraigned on a count charge of attempted theft.

    She alleged that the accused attempted to steal a battery from the complainant, one Lola Ogunsola’s Honda Civic car at Utako Market.

    The prosecutor told the court that the complainant, who resides at Gwarimpa in Abuja, .reported the case at the Utako Police Station.

    She said the offence contravened Section 95 of the Penal Code.