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  • My ex-wife’s husband enticed her into leaving my house

    My ex-wife’s husband enticed her into leaving my house

    A 36-year-old man, Ahmed Musa, has accused one Abdulkareem Hasimu, the new husband of his former wife, Fatima, of enticing her to leave his house.

    Musa, a resident of Turaki Street, Jos told a Jos Upper Area Court sitting in Kasuma Nama, that Fatima was still legally married to him when she contracted her marriage to Hasimu.

    Musa, who filed a direct complaint to the court on June 7, also accused Fatima of adultery and polyandry.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the duo are standing trial for enticement, adultery, criminal intimidation, causing grievous hurt and theft.

    The offences, according to Mr S. A. Abba, counsel to the complainant, contravene sections 389, 387, 396, 240 and 287 of the penal code.

    “Musa married Fatima in 2014, but she left him in 2016 `without any quarrel’, and married Hasimu.

    “When he (Musa) went to Hasimu’s house to challenge him to leave his wife, Hasimu beat him up and stole his mobile phone worth N100,000,” he told the court.

    The accused persons, who pleaded not guilty, drew the court’s attention to its own records indicating that the marriage between Musa and Fatima was dissolved in Dec. 15, 2015.

    Musa, however, rejected the said record and insisted that he was still legally married to Fatima when she married Hasimu in 2016.

    The duo prayed the court for bail, citing section 36 (1) of the 1999 constitution which stated that an accused person was presumed innocent until otherwise proven.

    The judge, Mr Yahaya Mohammed, after listening to the plea, admitted the accused persons to bail in the sum of N200,000 with one surety each, who must be either their marriage guardian or Imam.

    Mohammed, thereafter, adjourned the matter to July 20, for hearing.

  • Septuagenarian bags two years imprisonment for attempted rape of boy

    Septuagenarian bags two years imprisonment for attempted rape of boy

    A Jos Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday sentenced a 73-year-old man, Gabriel Kehen, to two years imprisonment for attempting to rape an eight-year–old boy.

    Kehen was charged with attempting to have canal knowledge of the boy through an unnatural means.

    Magistrate Yahaya Mohammed, who sentenced the convict after he pleaded guilty and begged for leniency, did not give him an option of fine.

    The Prosecutor, U.L Ocho, had told the court that the incident occurred on April 26.

    Ocho said Angela Bakun of Tudunwada reported that the septuagenarian lured her grandson, into his house to rape him.

    “Only God can tell how many young children he has done this with, but we thank God he was caught this time, ” Ocho said.

    The accused pleaded guilty to the charge and said he would never do it again.

  • 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.

  • Carpenter bags two years imprisonment for raping nine-year-old boy

    Carpenter bags two years imprisonment for raping nine-year-old boy

    A Jos Upper Area Court sitting in Kasuwan Nama, Jos North LGA, on Thursday sentenced an 18-year-old carpenter, Aslam Awal, to 2 years imprisonment for raping a 9 year-old boy.

    The presiding Judge, Mr Yahaya Mohammed, handed down the sentence after the convict pleaded guilty to a one-count charge of unnatural offence and begged the court for leniency.

    In his plea, the convict attributed his actions to the devil.

    “It was the devil that pushed me to do it; this is the first time and I will not repeat it again, have mercy on me,’’ he pleaded.

    Mohammed, who did not give the convict an option of fine, said the sentence was meant to serve as deterrent to others who might want to engage in similar acts.

    Earlier, the police prosecutor, Insp. Hasiru Ibrahim, told the court that Mrs Zuleika Saheed, mother of the victim, reported the matter at A Divisional Police Headquarters on Jan. 5.

    Ibrahim said the complainant, who resides at Yan Doka Street, Jos, overheard her 9-year-old son, who was in bed sleeping with his younger sister, asking her to lick his manhood.

    The prosecutor said the shocked mother asked her son where he learnt such a nefarious act.

    He added that the son told her mother that Awal once had anal sex with him inside his shop in Yan Doka Street, an act which never left his mind.

    Ibrahim said during police investigation, the convict confessed to have lured the victim into his shop and raped him through the anus.

    The prosecutor added that the offence contravened section 284 of the Penal Code.

  • Student in court over certificate forgery

    Student in court over certificate forgery

    A 28-year-old student, Samuel Aminu, is standing trial in a Jos Upper Area Court, over alleged certificate forgery.

    Aminu, a student of Nassarawa State College of Arts and Basic Studies (NACABS), allegedly committed the offence on Nov. 11, 2016.

    According to the prosecutor, Yakubu Audu, the accused had some deficiencies and was unable to graduate.

    “Since he could not graduate, he forged statement of result of the institution and has been using it to parade himself as a graduate of NACABS, “the prosecutor said.

    He added that Aminu went to Success Business School, Jos, to further his education and presented the forged certificate.

    “He applied for Higher National Diploma in Business Administration and was apprehended at the point of verification of the certificate before registration, “the prosecutor said.

    Aminu denied committing the offence, while the Magistrate, Yahaya Mohammed, ordered his detention, and adjourned the matter until June 22, to enable the police carry out further investigation.

  • Man arraigned over rape of minor

    Man arraigned over rape of minor

    A 57-year-old petty trader, Aminu Ibrahim, was on Tuesday brought before a Jos Upper Area Court over the alleged rape of a minor.

    He was also charged with criminal intimidation.

    According to the charge read out by the Prosecutor, L.C. Ocho, the incident happened on April 26 at about 6:00 p.m.
    Ocho told the court that Mrs Mariam Abdullahi, the victim’s mother, reported to the police that her 9-year-old daughter, Mariam Isah, had been raped.

    Abdullahi told the police that her daughter was lured by the accused into his provision shop and raped, after giving her a pack of Viju milk.

    Abdullahi said that Ibrahim also threatened to kill her daughter if she told anyone what transpired between them.

    Mr D.A. Audu, counsel the accused, pleaded for his bail, but the Magistrate, Mr Yahaya Mohammed, denied him bail and ordered his remand in police custody.

    The Magistrate adjourned the case to June 1, for further investigation.

  • Woman docked over sale of four-months old baby

    Woman docked over sale of four-months old baby

    A 25-year-old woman, Sandra Ishaku, was on Tuesday arraigned at a Jos Upper Area Court, for allegedly selling her four-months-old baby for N100,000.

    Ishaku, along with three others – Amechi Emmanuel,  Jones Osim and Gladys Chukwuma – were charged with conspiracy, cruelty, and child abandonment.

    According to the prosecutor, Mr L. O. Ocho, Ishaku, on May 10, 2017, sold her baby to Chukwuma, for N100,000.

    Ocho told the court that the transaction was carried out in Jos, in the chambers of Osim, a legal practitioner.

    “Ishaku conspired with Emmanuel and sold her baby to Chukwuma, who had just relocated from Ebonyi State to Jos,” he said.

    The Presiding Judge, Yahaya Mohammed, did not take the plea of the accused, opting to remand three of them – Ishaku, Emmanuel and Chukwuma – in prison custody, while the matter was adjourned to June 1, when hearing would commence.

    Mohammed, however, granted Osim bail after his counsel, Mr Lawrence Anya, pleaded that he be released on bail to the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Plateau State Chapter.

    A similar appeal by Mr Peter Ikeolu, counsel to the three others, had earlier been rejected after the prosecutor argued that freeing them would affect investigation into the matter.