The Magistrates’ Court in Dutse, Abuja, on Tuesday discharged a transporter, Isah Lawal, for stealing 10 bales of building fillers worth N3.4 million. Lawal, who resides in Gombe, was charged with criminal breach of trust and theft, contrary to Sections 312 and 387 of the Penal Code. He pleaded not …
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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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