Police arraign two for stealing computer keypad, phone
A Kano Sharia Court on Wednesday ordered that two friends be remanded in prison custody for stealing a phone and a computer keypad worth N60,700.
The police charged Abdullahi Hamza, 21, and Mujahid Suleiman, 20, with criminal conspiracy, trespass and theft.
The defendants pleaded not guilty to stealing the Infinix phone worth N56,000 and a keypad worth N4,700.
The judge, Ismail Muhammad Ahmed, ordered that the defendants be remanded until June 6.
Prosecution counsel Abdul Wada told the court that the defendants committed the offence in Sheka Babban Layi in Kumbotso local government area, Kano, on May 16.
Mr Wada added that at about 6:00 p.m., the defendants criminally trespassed into the house of the complainant, Abdulkadir Saminu and stole the cell phone and a keypad.
The offence, he said, contravened sections 120, 133 and 212 of the Kano State Sharia Law.
(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
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
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.”
States
Gov Abiodun seeks stronger Ogun-Tunisia ties in sports development
The governor specifically sought collaboration to develop and reposition Gateway Football Club.
States
NEPC trains 70 Adamawa smallholder farmers on pesticide management
Nonye Ayeni, NEPC executive director, said the training focused on safe pesticide handling, storage, application, personal safety and environmental protection.
Heading 5
Ex-IG Mohammed Adamu emerges Nasarawa SDP governorship candidate
Mr Adamu emerged at the party’s special delegates congress held on Saturday in Lafia to replace Musa Angba, who withdrew from the governorship race.
Faith
African Church set for 125th anniversary celebration
Mr Odufuwa said the church’s history was woven into Nigeria’s religious and social history.
States
Borno traders raise alarm over circulation of fake N1,000 notes in markets
The traders called for massive sensitisation to enable local traders to identify counterfeit notes.
NationWide
Migration of ophthalmologists costs Nigeria $150,000 annually, says OSN
She called on the federal, state and local governments to employ more ophthalmologists.
