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  • Police arraign businessman for raping a minor

    A 62-year-old businessman, Donatus Deshi, who allegedly raped a 14-year-old girl, was on Wednesday charged in an Upper Area Court, siting in Kasuwan Nama.

    Deshi, who lives in Angwan Rukuba, was charged with one count of Rape of minor, an act which the police said contravened the provisions of Section 282 of the Penal Code.

    The police prosecutor, Ibrahim Gukwat, told the court that father of the victim, Adukuchili, of the same address reported the matter at the Nasarawa Gwom police station on July 15.

    Gukwat said that the accused allegedly lured the girl into his room and raped her.

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    He alleged that the accused after raping the girl, gave the victim N200 and threatened to kill her if she told anyone about it.

    He added that the act contravened section 282 of the Penal Code an offence which attracts up to 14 years imprisonment if convicted.

    The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the crime.

    The judge, Mr Lawal Suleiman, after listening to his plea, admitted the accused to bail in the sum of N200, 000 and a surety in like sum.

    Sulieman ordered that the surety must reside within the jurisdiction of the court and must submit to the court a copy of his drivers license or permanent voters card with two recent passport photographs.

    He thereafter adjourned until Dec.3, for hearing

  • Court jails businessman for raping eight-year old girl

    An Upper Area Court III, Kasuwan Nama in Jos, on Friday, sentenced a 61-year-old businessman Isaac Phillip to three years in prison for raping an eight-year-old girl.

    The judge, Yahaya Mohammed, sentenced Phillip, did not give him an option to pay a fine, said it would serve as a deterrent to others who would want to indulge in such crime.

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    Mohammed also ordered the convict to pay N20, 000 as compensation to the victim’s family to enable them pay  her  hospital bills.

    Earlier, the prosecutor, Ibrahim Gukwat told the court that the case was reported by one Favour Emmanuel of Mado Tudun-wada who is the vitim’s mother in Oct.9 and was transferred from “A” Divisional Headquarters Jos to Legal Department Jos for prosecution.

    Gukwat told the court that the accused lured the girl into his house and raped her.

    On arraignment, the accused pleaded guilty to the charge and begged the court for leniency.

    Gukwat said the offence contravened the provisions of Section 283 of the Penal Code law of Northern Nigeria.

    NAN

  • Court jails applicant for smoking Indian hemp in the market

    An Upper Area Court 3 in Kasuwan Nama, Jos, on Wednesday, sentenced a 20-year-old applicant, Sherif Umar to one year imprisonment for smoking Indian hemp in the market.

    The judge, Yahaya Mohammed, however, gave the accused an option of N5, 000 fine.

    Mohammed said the judgment would act as a deterrent to other youths who would want to engage in such negative vice and cause public nuisance.

    The accused pleaded guilty on arraignment to the one-count charge of smoking Indian hemp and causing public nuisance.

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    Earlier, the prosecutor, Insp Ibrahim Gukwat, told the court that the case was reported at the Farin Gada Police Station by Chairman of Cabbage Market, Farin Gada, on April 12.

    Gukwat said on the arrival of the Police at the scene, the accused was arrested with a substance suspected to be Indian hemp and hard drug.

    Gukwat said the offence was contrary to Section 183 of the Penal Code.

    NAN

  • Court remands cultist three years in Jos

    Court remands cultist three years in Jos

    A Jos Upper Area Court sitting at Kasuwan Nama on Wednesday sentenced a 38-year-old man, Idris Umar, to three years imprisonment for cultism.

    Umar was sentenced after he pleaded guilty to a charge of inflicting several injuries on one Abdul Isa, and begged the court for mercy.

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

    The Police Prosecutor, Mr Ibrahim Gukwat, had told the court that Umar was arrested on Oct. 26, by the Special Task Force ( STF ) on security, for allegedly attacking Isa, along Ali Kazaure Street, Jos.

    The prosecutor said that further investigation by the police revealed that Umar was a member of Sara-Suka, a cultist group that had since been outlawed.

    Gukwat said that the offence contravened sections 346 and 976 of the Penal Code.

    NAN

  • Court jails man for defiling minor

    Court jails man for defiling minor

    A 40-year-old security guard, Mr Francis Gyang, was on Wednesday sentenced to four years imprisonment by a Jos Upper Area Court for defiling a minor.

    The Judge, Mr Yahaya Mohammed, convicted Gyang for defiling the six-year-old girl without an option of a fine.

    According to the Prosecutor, Sgt. Ibrahim Gukwat, the convict, on Sept. 21, lured the girl to his room and forcefully had unlawful carnal knowledge of her.

    The prosecutor said that the offence was contrary to Section 282 of the Penal Code.

    The accused had pleaded guilty to the charge and begged the court for mercy.

    The judge said that the sentence would serve as a deterrent to others.

    NAN

  • Court remands man in prison for rape of two-year-old baby

    Court remands man in prison for rape of two-year-old baby

    A Jos Upper Area Court sitting in Kasuwan Nama, North Local Government Area, on Wednesday remanded one Hambali Musa, in prison for allegedly raping a two-year-old girl.

    The presiding judge, Suleiman Lawal, denied the accused bail, contending that the offence of rape was not bailable.

    Lawal adjourned the case till Aug.21 for mention.

    The Prosecutor, Sgt. Ibrahim Gukwat, told the court that one Aminun Musa reported the case on July 3, at Nassarawa Police Station.

    Gukwat said Musa, of Dulla Jos, reported that on June 29, his wife Layuza Lukman, informed him that the little girl jerked and cried endlessly when she tried to wash her private part.

    The prosecutor said when the toddler was asked what the cause of her pains was, she mentioned the name of the accused as the one who had carnal knowledge of her.

    The prosecutor said the offence contravened Section 283 of the Penal Code.

    The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge, and his prayer for bail was turned down by the court.

  • Court remands shop owner for defiling six-year-old boy in Jos

    Court remands shop owner for defiling six-year-old boy in Jos

    An Upper Area Court in Kasuwan Nama area of Jos, has ordered the remand of a shop keeper, Sunday Aniagolu in prison custody for allegedly defiling a six-year-old boy.

    The Judge, Yahaya Mohammed, on Monday denied the accused bail and ordered him to remain in prison till Aug. 14.

    In denying the bail application, the Judge said an offence of rape by “unnatural means is not ordinarily bailable.’’

    Earlier, the police prosecutor, Sgt. Ibrahim Gukwat, told the court that one Maryam NaAllah of A4 Ali Kazuare st., Jos, reported the incident to the ‘B’ Division police station on July 17, 2017.

    Gukwat told the court that the complainant noticed that her six-year old child was behaving strangely and complaining of pains in the stomach and anus.

    The prosecutor said the boy was taken to Our Lady of Apostle hospital in Jos, where it was discovered that he had semen deposit in his anus.

    Gukwat further told the court that the boy had fingered the shop keeper of luring him to shop where he sexually violated him.

    The prosecutor said the offence contravened Section 284 of the Penal Code.

    Aniagolu, who pleaded not guilty to the charge, complained to the court that that the boy’s relatives had assaulted and beat him up over the alleged crime.

  • Man bags 18 months imprisonment for stealing tricycle

    Man bags 18 months imprisonment for stealing tricycle

    A Jos Upper Area Court 1, on Thursday sentenced a 28-year-old man, Usman Yusuf to 18 months imprisonment for stealing a tricycle worth N450, 000.

    The Judge, Lawal Suleiman, sentenced Yusuf after he pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing.

    Lawal held that the convict should serve-out his term without an option of fine.

    He said the sentence would serve as deterrent to others who would want to engage in such crime.

    Earlier, the Police Prosecutor, Sgt. Ibrahim Gukwat, had told the court that the tricycle driver Sani Abubakar reported the matter at the Laranto Police Station on July 22.

    Gukwat said the accused boarded the tricycle from Ahmadu Bello way and told the complainant to take him to Rano filling station Bauchi Road, Jos for N500.

    “On getting to the filling station the accused told the complainant that he mistakenly told him Bauchi Road instead of Zaria Road.

    “The driver agreed and took him to the Rano filling station at Zaria Road, but on getting to the destination the accused punched the complainant on his neck and took the tricycle,’’ he said.

    According to the prosecutor, the complainant screamed for help and some people came to his rescue and arrested the accused.

    Gukwat said the offence contravened Section 95 of the Penal Code Law of Northern Nigeria.

    The accused, who pleaded guilty to the charge, begged the court for leniency saying “I will never do it again, it is the devil’s handiwork, please have mercy on me.’’

  • Retired sergeant arraigned over alleged theft of N2m spare parts

    Retired sergeant arraigned over alleged theft of N2m spare parts

    A Jos Upper Area Court on Thursday  ordered the remand of a retired police sergeant, Agada Adamu, charged with stealing tricycle spare parts worth N2 million.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Adamu was arraigned along with Blessing Emmanuel and Philibus Simi.

    While Adamu was charged with stealing, the others were charged with receiving stolen items.

    Adamu and Emmanuel pleaded not guilty, while Simi admitted guilt and prayed for mercy.

    “I did not know that the spare parts were stolen; please have mercy on me,’’ Simi pleaded.
    The presiding judge, Malam Yahaya Mohammed, reviewed the facts of Simi’s case, convicted her and sentenced her to one year imprisonment with an option of N5, 000 fine.

    The judge adjourned hearing in the trial of Adamu and Emmanuel until June 22.

    Earlier, the prosecutor, Ibrahim Gukwat, told the court that the retired police sergeant broke into a shop belonging to Mr Sunday Ibeto on Feb. 22 and stole the tricycle spare parts.

    Gukwat said that the shop was located on Malam Kure Street in Jos.

    He said that the accused sold the stolen spare parts to Emmanuel and Simi.

    The prosecutor said that the offences contravened provisions of the Penal Code.