Crime
Court jails 4 friends to 9 months with hard labour for receiving stolen items
Court jails 4 friends to 9 months with hard labour for receiving stolen items
A Kano Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday sentenced four friends to nine months imprisonment with hard labourt for stealing and receiving stolen property.
The police charged Joseph Haruna,20; Adamu Safiyanu,19; Abubakar Usman,20 and Shitu Mohammed,28, with criminal conspiracy, mischief, trespass, theft and receiving stolen property.
Magistrate Farouk Ibrahim-Umar, sentenced them after they pleaded guilty.
He did not give the convicts an option of fine.
Ibrahim-Umar also ordered that the convicts be given three strokes of cane each.
Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Mr Elias Ekainu, told the court that Ibrahim Lamin, Sani Arfat, Uba Bala, Nura Abdullahi and Shu’aibu Inuwa all of Badawa Quarters Kano reported the matter at Badawa Police Division on July 29.
He said that between June and July 2022, the convicts trespassed into the complainant’s houses and shops situated at Badawa Quarters Kano and stole electrical wires, security bulbs, realer pipes and others worth N327,000.
He said Usman later sold the stolen items to the Mohammed.
Ekainu said that the offence contravened the provisions of sections 97, 327, 349, 287 and 317 of the Penal Code
Court jails 4 friends to 9 months with hard labour for receiving stolen items
Gunmen Attack Senator Natasha Akpoti’s Family Residence in Kogi
By: Zagazola Makama
Unknown hoodlums wielding cutlasses and firearms reportedly attacked the family residence of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan in the early hours of Tuesday in Obeiba-Ihima area, Okehi Local Government Area of Kogi State.
Intelligence sources told Zagazola Makama that the Chief Security Officer to the Senator, Yakubu Ovanja, reported the incident to security authorities, revealing that the attack occurred around 1:00 a.m. and involved at least three armed individuals who vandalized the building, including shattering window panes.
Following a distress alert, a team of security operatives from Okehi Division swiftly mobilized to the scene. While no casualties were reported and no arrests have been made, the premises were documented and preliminary investigations have commenced.
The motive behind the attack remains unknown as investigations continue.
Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan, a prominent political figure in Kogi Central Senatorial District, has not issued a public statement as of press time.
Gunmen Attack Senator Natasha Akpoti’s Family Residence in Kogi
Elderly Man Abducted by kidnappers n in Sabon Gari, Zaria
By Zagazola Makama
In a disturbing incident early this morning, an elderly man was kidnapped from his residence in Hayin Ojo, Sabon Gari, Zaria.
Police sources said the attack occurred at approximately 0130hrs when a group of armed men invaded the area, firing sporadically, and abducted Alhaji Saidu Mai Gold, aged 65.
The source said that the victim’s relative, reported the incident to the Sabon Gari Police Division around 0800hrs. In response, the Division’s Patrol Team was swiftly mobilized to the scene.
Efforts are currently ongoing to locate and rescue the victim.
Elderly Man Abducted by kidnappers n in Sabon Gari, Zaria
Two Suspected Kidnappers Arrested in Lere LGA, Kauru
By: Zagazola Makama
Security operatives in Lere LGA have successfully apprehended two suspected bandits following a tip-off from local hunters.
Intelligence sources told Zagazola Makama that the suspects, identified as Sani Liman, 23, of Unguwan Fa Raminkura, and Murtala Magaji, alias Seto, 25, of Dambata Galadimawa Village in Kauru LGA, were arrested on April 15, 2025, at approximately 1330hrs.
The sources said Police personnel from Saminaka acted swiftly and arrested the suspects
Preliminary investigation has indicated that the two men may be linked to recent kidnapping activities in the region.
Police sources said that they are currently in police custody and will be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) for further investigation.
Two Suspected Kidnappers Arrested in Lere LGA, Kauru
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Gunmen Attack Senator Natasha Akpoti’s Family Residence in Kogi
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