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14-Year-Old Stole N.5m from a Parked Car

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14-Year-Old Stole N.5m from a Parked Car

THE Kano Police Com­mand says a 14-year-old boy who stole N500, 000 from a parked vehicle in Sabon Gari area of the city is now in their custody.

Nnamdi Uzo, who was paraded in Kano yesterday with armed robbers and car thieves, was found in possession of the money after using a “master key” to open the vehicle without the permission of the owner. Uzo told newsmen that he was not aware that the money he stole was that large, saying he intended to use it to travel to his village. He said he started stealing after his father died.

Other suspects paraded by the police yesterday included seven car thieves, four thugs and five cable vandals five others, including a lady, were also paraded for allegedly producing, fake distilled water for diluting medical injections.

Explaining the arrests of the suspects, the State Police Commissioner Tambari Muhammad Yabo said they were picked by hi men while committing the alleged offences. The commissioner described the arrests as tremendous and urged members of the public to help the police with useful information in order to nab criminals.

Daily Trust, Friday, December 10, 2010,

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From Lawan Danjuma Adamu, Kano

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Four in court over Robbery

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Four in court over Robbery

THE police yesterday arraigned four men for allegedly belonging to a robbery gang.

Mohammed Garba, Mohammed Abubakar, Adamu Saleh and Umar Ibrahim of no fixed address were arrested by the police on November 17.

Police prosecutor, Malik Taiwo, stated in court that on November 17, the accused were arrested by a team of policemen at Millennium Park Abuja for belonging to a gang of rob­bers that habitually carry out robbery activities and contravene Section 306 of the Penal Code.

He further disclosed that the police arrested the accused with swords for and deadly knives, adding that they confessed that the weapons were for carrying out robbery operations.

When the charge was read to the four accused fixed persons, each of them pleaded not guilty and requested for bail, which was not opposed to by the prosecutor.

Judge Umar Yusuf Kagarko granted the accused persons bail in the sum of N200, 000 each with reliable sureties, who must reside within the carry jurisdiction of the court.

The case was adjourned to January 25, 2011 for hearing.

Daily Trust, Thursday, December, 9th 2010,

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By Itodo Daniel Sule

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Accused blamed theft on mother’s Sickness

12/10/2010 No comments

Accused blamed theft on mother’s Sickness

A 28-year-old labourer yesterday blamed his mother s illness for stealing items from one Angbo Stephen of Nyanya Market.

The accused, Isaac Ikegimba of no fixed address and two others now at large was said to have committed the offence on October 7, 2010.

Prosecutor Jerry Tangshak had earlier told the court that on October 7, the com­plainant, one Angbo reported to the police that the accused and two others now at large broke into his shop at Boundary road Nyanya, and made away with some valu­able items.

“The accused stole four laptops valued at N320, 000, a twenty one inch sharp televi­sion valued N10, 000, a Nokia handset val­ued at N16, 000, four china camera handsets valued at N30.000, and handset accessories valued N27.000. The twenty one inch sharp television and one laptop were recovered from him during police investigations,” the prosecutor said.

The accused pleaded guilty when the charges were read to him and begged for leniency, adding that he stole the items to take care of his sick mother and promised not to do it again.

The prosecutor urged the court to try the accused summarily under section 157 of the Criminal Procedure Code.

Magistrate Ahmed B. Ndajiwo sentenced him to ninety days imprisonment on each count charge without option of fine.

He also ruled that the convict should pay N398.000 as compensation to the complain­ant and in default spend another one month in prison.

DAILY TRUST, Tuesday, 12th October, 2010

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By Romoke W. Ahmad

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