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Two public servants arraigned for alleged screening of offender

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Court remands man for allegedly stealing motorcycle

Two public servants were on Friday arraigned in a Grade I Area Court, Karu, Abuja, over alleged failure to produce a suspect in court.

The police charged Abdul Hafsat and Yahaya Akeem with joint acts and screening of an offender.

The Prosecution Counsel, Mr Ade Adeyanju, told the court that the matter was reported at the Karu Police station by Hauwa Ijomu of Karu site, Abuja.

Adeyanju told the court that sometime in October 2021, the complainant entrusted N4 million to Seidu Haruna of Karu site Abuja, presently at large for a plot of land located at plot 504 Karu village extension Abuja.

Adeyanju said that it was discovered that the said land belonged to another person and Haruna agreed to refund all the monies collected from her.

He said Haruna had so far refunded, N2.6 million with a balance of N1.4 million.

The offence, he said, contravened the provisions of sections 79 and 167 of the Penal Code.

He said that during the police investigation, Haruna was released on police administrative bail to the defendants with an instruction that they should both produce him whenever he is needed by the police but they failed to obey with an intent to enable him to escape criminal justice.

The public servants pleaded not guilty to the charge.

The Judge, Mr Anas Mohammed, admitted the defendants to bail in the sum of N1.5 million each with a surety in like sum who must live within the court’s jurisdiction.

Mohammed ordered that the surety must be a GL12 officer in the civil service, and his first appointment letter, confirmation letter and last promotion letter should be presented to the court.

He adjourned the case until Dec. 12 for a hearing.

Two public servants arraigned for alleged screening of offender

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Court remands 2 brothers for alleged culpable homicide, armed robbery

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A Kaduna High Court on Tuesday ordered that two brothers be remanded in a correctional centre for alleged culpable homicide and armed robbery.

The police charged Hamza Jibrin, 27 and Yusuf Jibrin 24, with conspiracy, armed robbery and culpable homicide.

Justice Aisha Shagari ordered the remand of the defendants, after they pleaded not guilty to the charge preferred against them.

Shagari adjourned the matter until Dec. 12 for hearing.

Earlier, the Prosecutor, James Edward, said that the defendants and two others at large, while armed with matchete and other dangerous weapons along Airport Road, Kaduna, on Nov. 7, robbed and caused the death of a 26-year-old man, Rabiu Sani.

He said the defendants stole the deceased’s HP laptop, two cell phones, his wallet which contained two ATM cards and cash sum of N30,000.

Edward said that the offence is punishable under the Robbery and Firearms ( Special Provision) Act LFN, 2004.

The Defence counsel, Habiba Usman, had pleaded with the court to grant her clients bail.

Usman while moving her bail application, urged the court to gtant her client bail on literal terms, adding , that the defendants would be of good behaviour and would not jump bail.

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Trader bags 9 months jail term for attempted theft

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Trader bags 9 months jail term for attempted theft

A Jos Magistrates’ Court on Monday sentenced a 20-year-old trader, Darwang Chung, to nine months in prison for attempted theft.

Chung, who resides at Gyel in Jos South, pleaded guilty to the one count charge of attempted theft.

The Magistrate, Mr Shawomi Bokkos, summarily tried and sentenced the convict after he pleaded guilty to the charge.

Bokkos, in his judgement, gave the convict an option of N30,000 fine, or to risk six months in prison and a compensation of N15,000 or another 3 months in prison in default.

Earlier, the Prosecutor, Insp. Labaran Ahmed, told the court that the case was reported on Oct. 6, at the”B” Division Police Station by one Yohanna Dalyop, the complainant.

Ahmed said the convict jumped over the fence into the house of the complainant and was caught.

He said that the offence contravened the Plateau State Penal Code Law.

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Special Fraud Unit arraigns suspect for cybercrime

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The Special Fraud Unit (SFU) of the Police, on Tuesday arraigned a defendant before a Federal High Court in Lagos, over alleged unlawful interception of digital infrastructure.

The defendant, Ayodeji Oyenekan, was charged before Justice A. Aluko, on a three-count charge bordering on cybercrime.

He, however. pleaded not guilty to the charge.

The prosecutor, Mr M. Y. Bello, told the court that the defendant committed the offence sometime in February 2022.

He, alleged that the defendant intentionally and without authorisation, intercepted digital infrastructure server hosted by Amazon Web Services, property of Meplaylist Classic Entertainment.

According to the prosecution, the defendant caused the said Meplaylist Classic Entertainment Ltd. loss of property, by altering Amazon Web services, which restricted the rightful owner access to its server.

He alleged that the defendant inputted his email address ayodeji.oye@meplaylist.com, and allegedly built a mobility startup called Hellobikee, for purposes of conferring economic benefits to himself.

The defendant was also alleged to have fraudulently made use of the electronic unique identification feature of Meplaylist, through his email, for purposes of conferring economic benefits to himself.

The offence contravenes the provisions of sections 12(1), 16(1), and 22(2)(a) of the Cybercrime ( Prohibition, Prevention) Act, 2015.

The court granted the defendant bail in the sum of N10 million with one surety in like sum.

The court held that the defendant shall remain in the correctional facility, pending perfection of all conditions of bail as spelt out by the court.

He adjourned the case until Jan. 21, 2025, for trial.

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