Saturday, July 4, 2026

Abuja man arraigned for criminal conspiracy

Mandsir Adamu was arraigned before the Kubwa Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, on Tuesday for an alleged criminal conspiracy.

• April 30, 2024
Court room
Courtroom used to tell the story

Mandsir Adamu was arraigned before the Kubwa Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, on Tuesday for an alleged criminal conspiracy.

The police charged Adamu of NNPC Junction, Abuja, with criminal conspiracy and mischief.

The prosecuting counsel, John Okpa told the court that the complainant, Bankole Peter reported the matter at Kubwa Police Station on April 26.

Mr Okpa said the defendant and ‘Daddy’ conspired without provocation and damaged the complainant’s trailer tank wire, valued at N38,000.

The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty.

The magistrate, Oyepeju Mustapha, admitted the defendant to bail of N100,000 with one surety.

The magistrate, who said the surety must reside within the court’s jurisdiction, ordered that the surety must produce means of identification. 

She adjourned the case until July 8 for a hearing. 

(NAN)

We have recently deactivated our website's comment provider in favour of other channels of distribution and commentary. We encourage you to join the conversation on our stories via our Facebook, Twitter and other social media pages.

More from Peoples Gazette

farmers

Agriculture

FG tasks ECOWAS on leveraging financing strategies for agroecology

The federal government has urged stakeholders in the agriculture and finance sectors in the West Africa region to leverage financing strategies to enhance agroecology practices

Katsina State

Politics

Katsina youths pledge to deliver over 2 million votes to Atiku

“Katsina State is Atiku’s political base because it is his second home.”

Davido

World

Fans await Davido’s performance at upcoming Toronto’s Urbanova Music Festival

Urbanova announced that Davido will perform on the second day of the festival slated to take place at the Markham Fairgrounds in Toronto.

IG Tunji Disu and Osun State Governor Adeleke

Heading 5

IG orders crackdown on violence perpetrators in Osun ahead of governorship election 

The IG lamented that over 20 people had been killed in the past few months in the state.

NiMet

Heading 1

NiMet forecasts three-day sunshine, cloudiness nationwide from Saturday 

The agency forecast chances of thunderstorms with moderate rains over the entire region later in the day.

States

Benue: Troops kill suspected terrorist in gunfight

“One terrorist was neutralised, while troops recovered one AK-47 rifle and two empty magazines from the scene,” Mr Zubairu said.

Egypt vs Australia

Sport

Egypt edge Australia on penalties to make historic World Cup round of 16 berth

Egypt will face the winners of the round of 32 match between Argentina and Cape Verde later today.

Health

Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak now largest on record as cases top 1,400: WHO

Mr Janabi described the outbreak as one of Africa’s most serious public health emergencies this year.