Kabiru Lawal, 17 and Shamsudeen Shehu, 17, all of Lugbe, were jailed for joint acts and theft, offences contrary to Sections 79 and 288 of the Penal Code.
Prosecutor Yilkudi Dungji had earlier told the court that on the said date, one Murtala Garba of number 20, Mafemi Crescent, Utako, reported to the police that the accused persons and one Bashiru Ibrahim were caught in the house committing the crime.
He said the accused persons entered House No 20 IK2, Sector F, FHA Estate at Lugbe and vandalised electrical cable wires, control switch and change over switch, all valued at N26,000.
The prosecutor said the accused persons confessed to the crime during police investigation.
When the charges were read to the accused persons, Kabiru Lawal and Shamsudeen Shehu pleaded guilty and begged for leniency, while Bashiru Shehu pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Magistrate Khadijat Mustapha sentenced the accused persons that pleaded guilty to two months imprisonment each or to pay N3,000 as fines, while Shehu was discharged as well as acquitted from the charges after the two convicts exonerated him from the crime.
In another case, a 35-year-old businessman, Uche Nwosu, was on Monday arraigned before an Abuja Chief Magistrate Court for allegedly stealing a briefcase belonging to one Daniel Banigo that contained N105,850.
The accused of Aso village, Mararaba, was accused of joint acts and cheating, offences contrary to Sections 79 and 320 of the Penal Code.
Police prosecutor, Abiola Oyewusi, stated in court that on March 5, Dauda Joshua of CBN Estate, Karu, reported to the police that the accused and four others now at large approached him and offered to sell goods for him.
He said the accused later took the complainant to Kurudu village, where he administered an oath of secrecy on him, adding that the accused threatened the complainant that he would lose his life if he dares tell anybody about the matter.
The prosecutor said the accused cast a spell on the complainant and ordered him to provide money to purchase chemicals for washing fake N1000 notes suspected to be at their disposal.
When the charges were read to the accused, he pleaded not guilty, while his counsel Barrister James Oluwasegun made an oral application for his bail. Chief Magistrate Ahmed Shuaibu granted the accused bail in the sum of N500,000 with a reasonable surety, who must be a civil servant of not below grade level 08 and must reside within the court’s jurisdiction.
The case was adjourned to June 20 for hearing.
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