He said that during the police investigation also, the defendant confessed to having committed the crime.
The court heard that the defendant, who had been her tenant since 2019, always smoked dry leaves suspected to be weed.
25-year-old Wasiu Lawal is being accused of stealing fuel worth the sum of N42,000.
The defendant, who resides in Kado- Kuchi, Abuja, is standing trial on a two-count charge of criminal conspiracy and theft.
A 28-year-old firewood seller, Arewa Haruna, was on Wednesday docked in a Kado Grade I Area Court, Abuja, for stealing firewood valued at N160,000.
