Sharia court orders remand of alleged bag snatchers in Kano
Judge Nura Yusuf-Ahmad of a Kano Sharia court on Tuesday ordered the remand of four persons in a correctional centre for allegedly snatching a woman’s handbag.
The defendants, Mubarak Isyaku, 23, Abubakar Adamu,17, Khadija Ibrahim,18 and Zainab Usman,19 who live in Rimin Kebe Quarters, Kano, are standing trial on two-count charge bordering on criminal conspiracy and extortion.
Prosecutor Aliyu Abideen, told the court that the defendants committed the offence on August 7, at Rimin Kebe Quarters, Kano.
He alleged that on the same date at about 11:00 p.m., the defendants criminally conspired and snatched Fatima Mustapha’s hand bag containing N48,000 cash and an identification card.
The defendants, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
According to the prosecutor, the offence contravened the provisions of sections 120 and 190 of Kano State Sharia Law.
The matter has been adjourned until September 14, for hearing.
(NAN)
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