Man remanded in correctional centre for criminal intimidation
The Upper Area Court in Kubwa, Abuja, has ordered that a 25-year-old man, Sadiq Ibrahim, be remanded in a correctional centre for alleged criminal intimidation.
The judge, Yahaya Sheshi, adjourned the matter until August 21 for a hearing.
The police charged the defendant with assault and criminal intimidation, to which he pleaded not guilty.
The prosecution counsel, John Okpa, told the court that the complainant, Ibrahim Bello of Dantata Estate, reported the matter at the Kubwa Police Station on July 5.
Mr Okpa alleged that the defendant attacked the complainant’s stepmother and his siblings without provocation and beat them up, and they sustained severe body pains.
He said the defendant also threatened to deal with everyone in the complainant’s home, putting them in fear of death and injury.
Mr Okpa said the offence contravened sections 265 and 397 of the Penal Code.
Section 397 states that whoever commits the offence of criminal intimidation shall be imprisoned for a term which may extend to two years or with a fine or with both.
(NAN)
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