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  • Farmer jailed two years for raping minor

    Farmer jailed two years for raping minor

    An Upper Area Court in Kasuwan Nama, Jos on Monday sentenced a farmer, Auwal Audu, to two-years imprisonment for raping a minor.

    The 20-year-old farmer was sentenced by the Judge, Yahaya Mohammed, after he pleaded guilty to the charge.

    Mohammed in a ruling rejected the convict’s plea for mercy and slammed two years imprisonment on him without an option of fine.‎

    “The sentence will serve as a deterrent to others,” the judge ruled.

    Audu was convicted under Section 157 of the Criminal Code by the judge.

    Earlier, the prosecutor Insp. Ibrahim Gukat told the court that the incident was reported to Angwan Rogo Police Station by one Nasiru Mohammed of Naraguta village on Dec. 19, 2017.

    Gukat said that the convict, who also resides at Naraguta village, committed the offence on the same date at about 7. p.m.

    He said that the convict had carnal knowledge of his 4-year-old daughter, beside his house.‎

    Gukat said the ‎offence contravened Section 283 of the Penal Code of Northern Nigeria.

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  • 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.

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  • Plateau polytechnic student jailed four years for rape

    Plateau polytechnic student jailed four years for rape

    A Plateau Polytechnic student, Musa Nyam will be out of school in the next 48 months and be behind bars following his conviction for raping a girl at a birthday bash.

    A Jos Upper Area Court sitting in Kasuwan Nama gave the verdict on Friday after Nyam pleaded guilty to the charge of rape.

    He had invited a 23-year-old girl to his house for a birthday party before he sexually assaulting her, the prosecution said.

    The Judge, Mr Yahaya Mohammed, rejected the convict’s plea for mercy and slammed four years imprisonment on him without an option of fine.

    “The sentence will serve as a deterrent to others,” he said, citing Section 157 of the Criminal Code as the punishment section.

    Earlier, Police Prosecutor Ibrahim Gokwat told the court that on Oct. 18, the rape victim (name withheld) reported the incident at Nassarawa-Gwom Police Station and the case was later transferred to the State Criminal Investigations Department.

    Ibrahim said the accused invited the girl to his house for a birthday party, overpowered her and had carnal knowledge of her without her consent.

    The offence contravened Section 283 of the Penal Code.

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  • Court jails man four years for raping minor

    Court jails man four years for raping minor

    A Jos Upper Area Court has sentenced a 31–year-old security man, Joseph Vongjen, to four years in prison, for raping a 13-year-old girl.

    The judge, Yahaya Mohammed, sentenced Vongjen on Friday, after he pleaded guilty to the crime and begged for mercy.

    “You will spend four years in prison for this callous act; there is no option of fine,” Mohammed stated.

    He said that the judgement would serve as a deterrent to others.

    The prosecutor, Mr. O. Edwin, as telling the court that Vongjen, a resident of Lamingo, in Jos, lured his victim with N500 and forcefully raped her in his room, on Sept. 20.

    The prosecutor said that the offence contravened Section 183 of the penal code.

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  • 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.

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  • Six men in court over membership of bag-snatching gang

    Six men in court over membership of bag-snatching gang

    The police on Thursday arraigned six men in a Wuse Zone 2 Senior Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, suspected to be members of a criminal gang that specialised in snatching bags at a black spot in Wuye District of the FCT.

    The suspects are standing trial on a two-count charge bordering on belonging to a criminal gang and criminal conspiracy, offences they denied committing.

    The prosecutor, Mr Donatus Abah, gave the names of the suspects as: Nura Ibrahim, Musa Abdullahi, Bashir Lawal, Biliyaminu Garba, Yahaya Mohammed and Abba Mohammed.

    Abah told the court that the suspects were arrested on Aug. 19 by a police patrol team attached to Wuye Police Division.

    The prosecutor said that during investigation, all the suspects confessed to be members of a criminal gang, that specialised in snatching bags in Wuye District.

    The prosecutor said that the offences contravened the provisions of Sections 406,96 and 306 of the Penal Code

    The Magistrate, Eremasi Ebiwari, granted the defendants bail in the sum of N200, 000 each, with one surety each in like sum and adjourned the case until Sept. 12 for hearing.

  • Court remands two men for rape of sisters

    Court remands two men for rape of sisters

    Two persons, Shuaibu Samaila, 28, and Bashiru Mohammed, 26, were on Thursday remanded by a Jos Upper Area Court sitting in Kasuwan Nama, for alleged rape of two sisters.

    Samaila and Mohammed were arraigned for criminal conspiracy and rape.

    The presiding judge, Yahaya Mohammed, denied the accused persons bail, and adjourned the case till Aug. 31, for further hearing.

    The prosecutor, Mr D. Francis, had told the court that the case was reported by one Bulus Badung, of Jos South Local Government, on March 29 at the Kaduna Vom Police Division.

    Francis said that the case was later transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department in Jos.

    The prosecutor said the complainant told the police that on March 26, his two daughters were attacked by the accused persons in a nearby bush.

    He added that the complainant told the police that the two accused persons overpowered the girls, tied their hands with a rope and had unlawful carnal knowledge of them without their consent.

    Francis told the court that during police investigation the accused persons admitted carrying out the offence and had signed a statement to that effect.

    The prosecutor said the offences contravened sections 97 and 283 the Penal Code of Northern Nigeria.

    The accused persons, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.

  • 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.

  • Court dissolves five-year-old marriage over battery, infidelity

    Court dissolves five-year-old marriage over battery, infidelity

    A Jos Upper Area Court, on Monday dissolved the 5- -year-old marriage between Mercy Zoakah and her husband, Danjuma Zoakah, over wife battery and infidelity.

    The Judge, Yahaya Mohammed, who dissolved the marriage, said the couple could no longer live together as the marriage has broken down irretrievably.

    “The court has no choice than to dissolve the marriage, in spite the fact that the husband still claims he loves his wife, but his wife still insists on getting a divorce.

    “Both parties are no longer husband and wife, and they are free to go their separate ways,” he said.

    The court, however, granted custody of their only child to the petitioner, and gave the father of the child the right to visit the child within a reasonable interval.

    He said that any aggrieved party had 30 days within which to appeal the judgment.

    Earlier, the petitioner, Mercy told the court that her husband of five years, indulged in the act of cruelty, beating and slapping her at the slightest provocation.

    She said that the respondent was also engaged in adulterous act, as she had intercepted his phone which had various text messages that proved his affairs.

    The petitioner also said that the respondent had on several occasions made attempts to commit suicide.

    She said that he had been caught and disarmed with a knife by neighbours while trying to kill himself.

    Mercy, however, urged the court to dissolve the marriage as there was no love between them.

    The respondent has pleaded with the court not to dissolve the marriage as he still loves his wife.

  • Student docked for phone theft

    Student docked for phone theft

    A 27-year-old student, Sophia Suleiman, was on Friday arraigned before a Gudu Upper Area Court‎, Abuja, for allegedly stealing $300 and a cell phone.

    The defendant was arraigned on a one count charge of theft.

    The prosecutor, Fidelix Ogbobe, told the court that one Yahaya Mohammed of Maitama, reported the matter at the Wuse Police Station on July 16.

    He said the complainant and the defendant on July 14, went to Jazz and Blues, Wuse, to relax.

    ‎He alleged that the defendant stole $300 and one Infinix‎ cell phone from the complainant in the process.‎

    The prosecutor said the offence contravened Section 287 of the Penal Code and punishable under same.

    The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge, while the judge, Alhaji Umar Kagarko, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N30, 000 with one surety in like sum.

    He adjourned the case till August 30 for hearing.

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