A Magistrate’s Court in Jos, on Friday sentenced a 25-year-old trader, Manasseh Dada to 2 years in imprisonment for trespassing and stealing phone from a school library. The Magistrate, Shawomi Bokkos, summarily tried and sentenced the convict, who pleaded guilty to the charge. Bokkos in her judgment, gave the convict …
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A Magistrates’ Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, has ordered the remand of two men, Abubakar Ibrahim and Shamsu Ladan, in a correctional centre. The Presiding Judge, Michael Bawa, ordered their remand after they pleaded guilty to stealing a motorcycle. Bawa also reserved sentencing for March 20 following their plea for …
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A 34-year-old man, Amos Fidelis, on Thursday appeared before an A Magistrates’ Court Fidelis, whose address was not provided, is facing a two-count charge of shop breaking and stealing, to which he pleaded not guilty. The Prosecutor, Insp Olasunkanmi Bamikole, told the court that the defendant committed the offences with …
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A Magistrates’ Court sitting in Jos, the Plateau State capital, on Wednesday, October 23, 2024, sentenced a 24-year-old student, David Odiwe, to six months imprisonment for trespass and stealing from a woman’s house. The prosecutor, Inspector Ibrahim Gokwat, told the court that the case was reported at the ‘B’ Division …
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A Magistrates’ Court in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, has remanded a 45-year-old farmer, Gbenga Abajigbin, for raping a 65-year-old woman in the state. The police charged Abajigbin with rape. The prosecutor, Inspector Sodiq Adeniyi, told the court that the farmer committed the offence at Ipole-Iloro in Ekiti State in …
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