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  • Man gets five strokes of cane for giving false information to police

    Man gets five strokes of cane for giving false information to police

    A Kubwa Grade I Area Court, Abuja on Friday ordered that one, Mohammed Nura be given five strokes of the cane, for giving false information to the police.

    The judge, Mohammed Marafa, gave the order after the convict pleaded guilty and begged the court to show him mercy.

    Marafa warned that the court would not be lenient with Nura the next time he was brought before it.

    The prosecutor, Babajide Olanipekun had told the court that Nura deceived the police at Kubwa Police Station on Feb. 26.

    He said Nura falsely accused one Musa Frank of NEPA Local, Kubwa, Abuja of stealing a Bajaj motorcycle an offence that contravened Section 140 of the Penal Code.

    Nura had admitted guilt, saying it was a mistake.

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  • Court sentences student four months in prison for cheating

    Court sentences student four months in prison for cheating

    A Kubwa Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Friday sentenced a 27-year-old student, Aonover Iorwuese, to four months imprisonment  for cheating.

    Iorwuese of Gboko, Benue, was convicted and sentenced after pleading guilty to a two-count charge of cheating and theft.‎

    He begged for leniency, saying that he made a mistake and would not repeat it.‎

    The judge, Mohammed Marafa, however, gave him an option of N40, 000 fine, and warned him to desist from committing crime and be of good behaviour.

    The prosecutor, Babajide Olanipekun, had told the court that one Mary Abraham of NEPA Road, Kubwa, Abuja, reported the matter at Kubwa Police Station on Jan. 13.

    “The complainant went to Ignobis Hotel, Kubwa, to withdraw money from  ATM point and met Iorwuese on the said date.

    “Iorwuese offered to help the complainant withdraw money from the ATM, but stole the card, and told the woman that her ATM card was trapped in the machine.

    “When Iorwuese later attempted to withdraw money from the complainant’s account without her knowledge, he got arrested and had 30 pieces of ATM cards in his possession,’’ Olanikpekun said.

    The prosecutor said the ATM cards belonged to 30 different people from different banks.

    He said the ATM cards were recovered from Iorwuese by the police, adding that the offences contravened Sections 79, 322 and 287 of the Penal Code.

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  • Carpenter jailed three months for stealing POS

    Carpenter jailed three months for stealing POS

    A Kubwa Grade 1 Area Court in Abuja on Friday sentenced a 22-year-old carpenter, Matthew Stephen, to three months in prison for stealing a Point Of Sale ( POS ) machine  after he pleaded guilty to a charge of theft.

    The judge, Mohammed Marafa, also gave Stephen an option of N10,000 fine and warned him to desist from committing crime.

    He also ordered Stephen to pay  N43,000 to the complainant‎ as compensation.
    The prosecutor, Babajide Olanipekun, had earlier told the court that the matter was reported by Fitzpatrick Nwachukwu of Odot Close, Kubwa, Abuja at Kubwa Police Station on December 31, 2017.

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    He said Stephen trespassed into the complainant’s garden on December 31, 2017 and stole the POS and the sum of N43,000 cash‎.
    He added that the POS machine ‎was recovered from Stephen, an offence which contravened Section 288 of the Penal Code.
    Stephen had begged the court for leniency.
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  • Pastor docked for criminal intimidation

    Pastor docked for criminal intimidation

    Emeka Okpocha, a 49-year-old pastor  has been arraigned by the police on Friday in a Kubwa Grade 1 Area Court in Abuja over criminal intimidation.
     
    The defendant of Kuje, Abuja, is facing one-count charge of criminal intimidation.
     
    The prosecutor, Babajide Olanipekun, told the court that the matter was reported by Chidimma Okpocha of Arab Road, Kubwa, Abuja, at Kubwa Police Station on December 5.
     
    He said the defendant sent an email to the complainant narrating a story of a man who gunned down his ex-wife and mother-in-law.
     
    Olanipekun said the defendant also told the complainant that whenever he thought of her, something bad would come to his mind.‎
     
    He added that the defendant also threatened the complainant’s life at her place of work ‎and home, which instilled fear in her.

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    The prosecutor said the offence contravened sections 397 of the Penal Code.‎
    However, the pastor pleaded not guilty to the charge against him and The Judge, Mohammed Marafa, granted him bail in the sum of N500,000 with one reliable surety in like sum.
    Marafa said the surety must reside within the court’s jurisdiction and must provide means of identification and livelihood as he adjourned the case until February 28 for further hearing.