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  • Mechanic bags four months imprisonment for attempted car theft‎

    A Gudu Upper Area Court on Thursday sentenced a 27-year-old Mechanic, Osama Mohammed to four months in prison for attempted car theft.

    Mohammed of Masaka, Nasarawa State was convicted for ‎attempting to commit an offence of car theft and being in possession of a master key.

    The Judge, Alhaji Umar Kagarko ‎sentenced Mohammed to two months in prison with an option of N50, 000 fine on the charge of attempted car theft.

    He also sentenced Mohammed to two months in prison without an option of fine for the charge of possessing a master key‎ and ordered that he should be given seven strokes of cane.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that both sentences were passed by the judge after Mohammed pleaded guilty to the offences and begged for mercy.

    Kagarko, however, warned Mohammed to desist from committing crime and be of good behaviour.

    Earlier, the Prosecutor Fedelix Ogubwe told the court that Yemi Omotayo of Gudu District, Abuja reported the matter at the Garki Police Station on May 26.

    He said the plaintiff parked his car along UTC, Area 10, Abuja for some business transactions on the said date.

    The prosecutor said when the plaintiff returned, ‎he noticed Mohammed attempting to force open his car with another key, with the intention to steal the car but was arrested.

    He said the offence contravened Sections 287 and 319 of the Penal Code.

  • Four men docked for causing public disturbance

    Four men docked for causing public disturbance

    Four unemployed men on Wednesday appeared before a Gudu Upper Area Court in Abuja for allegedly inciting disturbances.‎

    The men are Samuel Ezeala, 25, Ibrahim Umar, 22, Ibrahim Shilu 23 and Zadine Yahaya, 24.

    They were arraigned on charges of joint-act and inciting disturbances at a public peace.‎

    ‎The Prosecutor, Fedelix Ogubwe, told court that one Abubakar Umar of the Chief’s Palace in Garki, Abuja reported the matter at the Garki Police Station on May 29.

    Ogubwe said the defendants and 16 other men now at large were found at Apo Roundabout, Abuja using sticks, cutlasses and iron in beating one another.

    He said that the action caused a breach of public peace, adding that the offence contravened Sections 97 and 114 of the Penal Code.

    The accused men, however, pleaded guilty but Umar pleaded not guilty to the charges.

    The Judge, Alhaji Umar Kagarko, granted the defendants bail in the sum of N20, 000 each with one surety each in like sum.

    He adjourned hearing on the matter and reserved sentencing and conviction of Ezeala, Shilu and Yahaya until June 2.

     

  • Security guard docked for stealing puppy

    A 26-year-old Security guard, Monday Paul, was on Friday arraigned in a Gudu Upper Area Court, Abuja, for allegedly stealing a puppy.

    He is facing a two-count charge of criminal trespass and theft.‎

    The prosecutor‎, Fedelix Ogubwe, had told the court that one Terji Edwards of Hints Security Services Limited, Abuja, reported the matter at the Durunmi Police Station on May 12.

    He said the defendant criminally trespassed into his house by jumping the fence and stole a puppy.

    The prosecutor said the offence contravened Sections 348 and 287 of the Penal Code.

    The defendant, however, denied committing the offences.

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    The judge, Alhaji Umar Kagarko, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N50, 000 and one surety in like sum and adjourned the case until June 21 for hearing.‎

     

  • Man docked for inflicting injury on policeman’s lip

    ‎A 30-year-old man, Ali Sale, was on Friday arraigned in a Gudu Upper Area Court, Abuja, for allegedly injuring a policemen on the lip.‎
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    He was docked on charges bordering on ‎joint act and voluntarily causing hurt without provocation.‎
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    ‎The prosecutor‎, Fedelix Ogubwe, had told the court that one Sgt. Zakari Sale, of the Nigeria Police Force Headquarters, Abuja, reported the matter at the Garki Police Station on May 10.
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    He said that the complainant went to Garki to buy food, and suddenly the defendant; one Genesis and two others at large‎, attacked him and beat him up.‎
    He said in the process the complainant was seriously injured on the lip and was taken to the Police Hospital, where he spent N14, 700 for treatment.
    The prosecutor said the offences contravened Sections 76 and 246 of the Penal Code.
    The defendant, however, denied committing the offences.
    ‎The judge, Alhaji Umar Kagarko, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N50, 000 and one surety in like sum, and adjourned the case until June 21 for hearing