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  • Vagrant bags one year in prison over phone theft

    Vagrant bags one year in prison over phone theft

    A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court in Abuja on Tuesday, sentenced a vagrant, Abubakar Usman, 26, to one year imprisonment for stealing a cell phone worth N42, 000.

    Usman, of no fixed address, was arraigned on one-count charge of theft.

    The Judge, Mr Abubakar Sadiq, sentenced the convict accordingly when he pleaded guilty to the charge.

    He warned the convict to be of good behaviour and to desist from committing crimes after serving his punishment.

    The Prosecuting Counsel, Mrs Florence Auhioboh, had informed the court that one Ofagbonmu Gideon of plot 214, Katampe Street, Kubwa, Abuja, reported the matter at the Life Camp Police Station on Dec. 26, 2017.

    Auhioboh said that on the said date at about 6.00 p.m, the complainant went to Jabi Lake Recreation Park for an event where the convict removed his Infinix phone valued N42 000 from the complainant’s pocket.

    Auhioboh said that during police investigation, the convict admitted committing the offence, while the said phone was recovered from him.

    The prosecutor said that the offence contravened Section 287 of the Penal Code.

     

  • Security guard to spend four months in prison for sleeping on duty

    Security guard to spend four months in prison for sleeping on duty

    A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, sentenced a security guard, Zakaria Jacob, to four months imprisonment for sleeping at his duty post, when thieves burgled his employer’s premises.

    Jacob, 32, who resides at Waru Apo village, Abuja, is standing trail on a count charge of negligent conduct.

    The convict pleaded guilty, which paved way for burglars to gain access and steal property.

    The judge, Mr Abubakar Sadiq, however, gave the convict an option to pay N20,000 fine, and warned him to be more committed to his work.

    Prosecuting counsel, Dalhatu Zannah, had told the court that one Okandza Pieme of 350 Williams St., Utako, Abuja, lodged a petition on the matter at the Utako Police Station on June 3.

    Zannah said the complainant employed the convict to work as security guard in his house.

    He said that the convict was expected to be on duty at the time the crime was committed.

    Zannah said that the convict was sleeping and abandoned his duty post which paved way for burglars to gain access into the complainant’s apartment.

    He said that the burglars made away with the complainant’s laptop, three Samsung cell phones, valued at N610,000, cash and some other valuable items

    The prosecutor said that all efforts by the police to recover the stolen items proved abortive.

    Zannah said the offence contravened Section 196 of the Penal Code.

     

  • Police decry inadequate manpower, communication gadgets

    The Nasarawa State Police Command, on Wednesday, said it lacked adequate manpower and communication gadgets to tackle crime in the state.

    The state’s Commissioner of Police, Mr Abubakar Sadiq, made this disclosure in Lafia in a welcome address to the Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), Mr Shuaibu Gambo, who was on a two-day working visit to the state.

    “The command has a paucity of manpower, the problem that is compounded daily by the transfer of men in large numbers out of the command.

    “Presently, the command has a staff strength of 4,000 men to police the population of more than two million residents of Nasarawa; I believe this is grossly inadequate,” he said.

    According to him, the command also lacks adequate communication gadgets to effectively cover the entire state, gather and share useful information on crimes.

    “The command’s communication system does not cover half of the state for effective coordination of tactical operations across the state; there is the need to communicate with all divisions in the state.

    “Presently, some divisions as Keffi, Mararaba, Karu are cut off from the command headquarters,” he lamented.

    The CP also said that the command did not have enough patrol vehicles and a befitting office accommodation for officers of the command headquarters in the state.

    “We do not have enough patrol vehicles to patrol the state. The state is vast, as it takes up to four hours or more to travel from the state capital to some Local Government Areas.

    “Also, since the creation of the state in 1996, the command is still at the temporary site; the offices are dilapidated. When we had the first rain last week, virtually all the offices, including the commissioner’s office leaked,” he said.

    He noted that despite all the challenges, the officers had remained focused and committed to their performance for effective service delivery.

    Responding, the DIG, who is of the Department of Finance and Administration, assured that the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Idris Ibrahim, was taking steps to improve on the welfare and working conditions of police personnel and other staff nationwide.

    “The issue of your welfare and working condition is very paramount to the IG; that is why he deemed it necessary to send all the DIGs to visit all commands under their jurisdiction for supervision.

    “I want to assure you that the IGP is doing all he can to provide better welfare packages and working conditions for you all,” he said.

     

  • Three jailed for public disturbance

    A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court in Abuja on Thursday sentenced a man, his wife and their landlady to one month imprisonment for disturbance of public peace.

    The convicts, Emmanuel Idoko, 42, Fidelia Idoko, 30, and Elizabeth John, 50, all of Paipe Village in Karmo, admitted committing the offence.

    They were sentence on a count charge of disturbance of public peace.

    The Area Court Judge, Mr Abubakar Sadiq, however, gave the convicts an option of N5, 000 fine each and warned them to desist from committing crimes.

    The Prosecuting Counsel, Mr Dalhatu Zannah, had told court that John reported the matter at the Karmo Police Station on March 19.

    Zannah informed court that the convicts engaged in a fight which led to disturbance of public peace.

    He said that police investigation revealed that John intentionally attacked Emmanuel, her tenant with stone while he was having his bath in the bathroom for no cause.

    Zannah said the stone broke Emmanuel’s head and in the process, Fidelia his wife joined her husband and fought John their landlady.

    He told court that the trio engaged in a serious fight using dangerous weapons.

    The prosecutor informed court that the offence contravened the provisions of Section 113 of the Penal Code Law.