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  • Men bag three months imprisonment each over attempt to dupe lady

    Men bag three months imprisonment each over attempt to dupe lady

    A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Monday sentenced a driver, Orya Ugor, and his friend, Lucky Amiadame, to three months imprisonment each, for attempting to dupe a lady.

    The judge, Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq, however, gave the convicts an option to pay N10,000 fine each.

    Sadiq advised the convicts to desist from committing crimes, adding that the sentence would serve as deterrent to others.

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    The convicts, who reside in Nasarawa, were convicted on a count charge of attempting to steal.

    The convicts who pleaded guilty to the offence, begged the court to temper justice with mercy.

    The prosecutor, Florence Avhioboh, had told the court that one Florence Avhioboh, and his team attached to Gwarimpa Police Abuja, arrested them on Jan. 24.

    Avhioboh said that they tried to dupe a passenger of N7, 000 in their vehicle along Gwarimpa by Kubwa express way.

    “The mob around burnt the car to ashes,” she said.

    Avhioboh said during police investigation, the convicts confessed to the crime.

    The offence contravened the provisions of  Section 95 of the Penal Code.

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  • Court orders six strokes of cane on man for stealing ladder

    Court orders six strokes of cane on man for stealing ladder

    A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Friday ordered that 28-year-old man, Ibrahim Yunisa, be given six strokes of cane for stealing a ladder.

    Yunisa, of no fixed address, had pleaded guilty to one-count charge of theft and begged for leniency.

    The Judge, Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq, told the convict that he mitigated the sentence because he pleaded for leniency.

    Sadiq said the court might not be lenient with him the next time he appeared.

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    The Prosecutor, Mrs Florence Avhioboh, told the court that the convict committed the offence on Oct. 12.

    She said the theft was reported at Karmo Police Station by Jacob Friday of Mararaba area in Nasarawa State.

    She added that the convict, who was found with the ladder at Dape village, Abuja, could not give satisfactory explanation on how he got it.

    Avhioboh said Yunisa had confessed that he stole the ladder at a building under construction in Abuja, an offence against Section 288 of the Penal Code.

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  • Court jails tricycle rider for dangerous riding

    Court jails tricycle rider for dangerous riding

    A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Friday sentenced a 26-year-old tricycle rider, Nnadozie Friday, to one month imprisonment for dangerous riding.

    The judge, Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq, however, gave the convict an option to pay N10,000 fine.

    “Ride carefully, there are other people using the public road,” he said.

    Sadiq advised the convict to desist from committing crimes, adding that the sentence would serve as deterrent to others.

    Friday, who resides at Dape village, Abuja, was convicted on a four-count charge bordering on dangerous riding, causing obstruction on public high way, driving without national driver’s licence and expired certificate of road worthiness.

    The convict, who pleaded guilty to the offence, urged the court to temper justice with mercy that he did not realise he was riding dangerously.

    The Prosecutor, Florence Avhioboh, had told the court that he did not allow flow of traffic and he was arrested by the police on Oct. 13, and taken to Karmo Police Station.

    She said during police investigation, they discovered that all his papers had expired.

    The prosecutor said the offences contravened the provisions of Sections 18, 39, 7 and 19 of the Road Traffic Act.

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  • Court jails man 12 months for stealing cell phone

    Court jails man 12 months for stealing cell phone

    A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Thursday sentenced a 25-year-old man, Paul Obijaku, to 12 months imprisonment for stealing a cell phone valued at N38,000.

    The judge, Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq, however, gave the convict an option of N20,000 fine, and advised him to desist from committing crime.

    Sadiq said that the sentence would serve as deterrent to others.

    Obijaku, who resides at Utako Abuja, was convicted on a count charge of theft.

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    The convict, who pleaded guilty to the offence, told the court that hunger pushed him to commit the crime.

    The Prosecutor, Florence Avhioboh, had told the court that one Rose Ojim of Utako, reported the matter at the Utako Police Station, Abuja, on Oct. 17.

    Avhioboh said that the convict visited her shop on the pretext of buying a cell phone, but stole one of her cell phones.

    Avhioboh said during police investigation, the convict confessed to the crime and the cell phone was recovered.

    The prosecutor said the offence was punishable under Section 288 of the Penal Code.

  • Court docks man for dangerous driving

    Court docks man for dangerous driving

    The police on Thursday arraigned a 30-year-old driver, Daniel Onuh in a Karmo Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, over dangerous driving.

    Onuh, who resides at Daki-Biyu, Abuja, is facing two-count charge.

    The prosecutor, Florence Avhioboh, told the court that the defendant allegedly drove a Toyota Camry car in a dangerous manner along Obafemi Awolowo Express Way Abuja on Sept. 10.

    Avhioboh said Onuh drove from speed lane to service lane and run into Joshua Abotal of University of Abuja and damaged his car and it would cost N300,000 to fix it.

    The prosecutor said the offences contravened sections 18 and 29 and of the Road Traffic Act.

    However, the defendant denied committing the offences and the judge, Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq, granted him bail in the sum of N100,000 and a surety in like sum.

    Sadiq ordered that the defendant’s car be kept in police station.

    He said the surety must reside within the court’s jurisdiction and must present utility bill carrying his name as he adjourned the case until Oct. 30 for further hearing.

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  • Court docks scavenger for stealing pipes

    Court docks scavenger for stealing pipes

    A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Thursday, sentenced a scavenger, Gadafi Bala, to one month in prison for stealing pipes.

    Bala, 28, of Dakwa in Niger State, was sentenced on a three-count charge of criminal trespass, mischief and theft.

    The presiding officer, Abubakar Sadiq, gave the sentence after Bala pleaded guilty to the charge.

    Sadiq, who did not give the convict any fine option, warned him against committing crimes after his prison term.

    Earlier, the prosecutor, Florence Avhioboh, told the court that the matter was reported at Gwagwa Police Station, Abuja, by Meshack Yakubu of Saburi, Abuja, on Sept. 29.

    Avhioboh said Bala criminally trespassed into an uncompleted building where Yakubu work as security guard on the same date at about 2 a.m. and stole water pipes.

    She added that the convict intentionally went to the uncompleted building and stole the installed water pipes but was caught in the process.

    She said the convict had admitted committing the offence, even though some of the pipes valued N5,000 were damaged.

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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