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  • Court arraigns Man over criminal breach of trust

    The police on Thursday arraigned one Innocent Chinwuba before a Kubwa Grade 1 Area Court in Abuja over alleged criminal breach of trust and cheating.

    The defendant of Area 1, Abuja is being tried on a two-count charge of criminal breach of trust and cheating.

    The Prosecutor, John Okpa, told the court that one Dr. Bolarinwa Bolaji reported the matter at the Police Area Command, Life Camp,on Aug. 10.

    Okpa said the complainant sometime in May entrusted N215,000 to the defendant to do book finishing for him but unknowingly over paid him by N48,000.‎

    He said when the complainant went to collect the books, the defendant refused to give them to him.

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    Okpa said that instead of refunding the N48,000 to Bolaji, the accused requested for additional N82,000 from the complainant.

    The prosecutor said the offence contravened Sections 312 and 322 of the Penal Code.

    The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.

    The Judge, Abdulwahab Mohammed, granted the defendant N200, 000 bail with one reliable surety in like sum.

    Mohammed said the surety must reside within the court’s jurisdiction and adjourned the matter until Oct. 11 for hearing.

  • Motorcyclist bags 6 months imprisonment for inflicting injuries on Man

    A Kubwa Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Monday sentenced a 25-year-old motorcyclist, Nura Mohammed, to six months  imprisonment for inflicting injuries on a man’s throat with a knife.

    Mohammed, who admitted committing the offence, begged the court for leniency.

    The judge, Mohammed Marafa, however, convicted the accused, but gave him N 20,000 option of fine.

    Marafa also ordered Mohammed to pay N50, 000 compensation to the nominal complainant, one Samail Bello, failure of which, he will serve additional three months in prison.

    The judge warned him to desist from committing crime.

    He said Mohammed’s act portrayed him as a heartless person.

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    The convict was arraigned on a count charge of causing grievous hurt.

    Earlier, the prosecutor, Babajide Olanipekun, had told the court that Bello of Gbazango, Kubwa, Abuja reported the matter at the Kubwa Police Station on May 21.

    Olanipekun said on May 20, the convict acted in a violent manner and used a sharp knife to “slice Bello’s throat’’ which as a result he sustained a deep cut.

    He said that the victim was taken to Kubwa General Hospital where he was admitted.

    The prosecutor said that the offence contravened Section 247 of the Penal Code.‎

     

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  • Man docked over alleged impersonation, abduction

    The Police on Tuesday arraigned a 22-year-old man, Bright Solomon, in a Kubwa Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, for alleged impersonation and abduction.

    The defendant was docked on charges bordering on criminal conspiracy, impersonation, abduction and being in possession of ATM cards suspected to be stolen, offences he denied committing.

    The prosecutor, Babajide Olanipekun, told the court that the defendant and two others now at large, paraded themselves as clergymen and abducted one Onyinye Asawalam,‎ on May 5.

    He said that the defendant took Asawalam to Keystone Bank, Kubwa, without her parents’ consent.

    The prosecutor said that the defendant attempted to withdrew money with Asawalam’s ATM card, but was caught.

    He said that during police investigation, 14 different ATM cards were found in the possession of the defendant.

    The offences contravened Sections 97, 179, 272, 95 and 319 of the Penal Code.

    The judge, Mohammed Marafa, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N500, 000, with one surety in like sum and adjourned the case until July 13 for hearing

  • Man bags five strokes of cane for shouting Allah in front of barracks’ gate

    Man bags five strokes of cane for shouting Allah in front of barracks’ gate

    A Kubwa Grade 1 Area Court on Friday sentenced one Saidu Adamu ‎to five strokes of cane for criminal trespass.

    Adamu of Dutse Alhaji in Abuja had pleaded guilty to a count charge of criminal trespass.

    The accused told the court that while he was in front of the gate he trespassed into, he shouted the name of `Allah’ and the gate opened wide for him to gain entrance.

    The judge, Mohammed Marafa, however, warned Adamu to be of good behaviour and desist from committing crime.

    The Prosecutor, Babajide Olanipekun, had told the court that ASP Ekennebe‎ Friemeya of MD Abubakar Barracks, Deidei, Abuja, reported the matter at the Kubwa Police Station on January 21.

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    He said Adamu criminally trespassed into the camp at the said barracks and remained there with intent to commit an offence.

    The prosecutor said Adamu was arrested when he attempted to escape adding that the offence contravened Section 342 of the Penal Code.

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  • Man gets five strokes of cane for attempt to steal tyre cover

    Man gets five strokes of cane for attempt to steal tyre cover

    A Kubwa Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Friday ordered that five strokes of the cane be given to a 25-year-old man, Mustapha Abubakar,  for attempting to steal a jeep tyre cover.‎

    Abubakar of no fixed address had pleaded guilty to a two-count charge of criminal trespass and attempt to commit an offence.

    The judge, Mr Mohammed Marafa, also warned Abubakar to desist from committing crime, adding that if brought back to court again, he would face the consequences.

    The prosecutor, Babajide Olanipekun, had told the court that Abubakar criminally trespassed into a compound along pipeline, Kubwa, Abuja on November 18.

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    He said that Abubakar was arrested while attempting to steal a jeep tyre cover, adding that the offence contravened Sections 346 and 95 of the Penal Code.

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  • Woman seeks divorce over husband’s constant battery

    Woman seeks divorce over husband’s constant battery

    A housewife, Basira Musa, on Tuesday pleaded with a Kubwa Grade 1 Area Court‎ in Abuja for the divorce over alleged battery.

    Musa said that her 10-year-old marriage to one Tasiu Miko had been characterised by constant battery.

    She told court that Miko was also accusing her of stealing his money and that he had no respect for her parents.

    The petitioner said that the union, which had produced two kids, had been a nightmare for her due, to constant beating by her husband.

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    She, therefore, prayed the court to dissolve the marriage forthwith.

    Miko, however, pleaded not guilty to Musa’s allegations, saying that ‎he was still in love with his wife, whom he described as his cousin.

    He said also that he had never insulted Musa, pointing out however, that she tore his clothes because he brought a second wife to their matrimonial home.

    The Judge, Mr Mohammed Marafa, gave the couple two weeks to reconcile their differences “since the respondent is still in love with his wife.’’‎

    He adjourned the matter until December 8 ‎ and told the parties to come to court with their parents.

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