A 22-year-old man recognized as Abdulazeez Adamu has obtained a 15-year jail sentence for breaking into homes and stealing 16 telephones and different objects in Yola, the Adamawa State capital.
Adamu from Nasarawo, Jimeta, was discovered responsible by Chief Justice of the Peace Courtroom 1, Jimeta, which established that he, together with two cohorts now at massive, dedicated the offence at Bekaji, one other residential group throughout the Jimeta axis of Yola.
The courtroom established that Abdulazeez and the others, whereas armed with weapons, stole a TV set, an HP laptop computer, and 16 handsets valued at N734, 000 from various residents of their homes, particularly Rebeccah Samuel, Rhoda Chiroma, Wedelo Pwamboki, Walia Hamman and Mary Zaro, all residents of Bekaji who collectively reported the thefts to the police on eleventh November 2021.
The accused was mentioned to have run out of luck throughout one of many operations together with his cohorts in Karewa extension after they hit a safety guard with a cutlass and injured him.
The guard, Muhammad Umar, raised alarm which attracted the occupants and his colleague who was on responsibility in a neighbouring home and who rushed to the scene, however by which era the convict and his accomplices had fled.
He was later trailed and arrested by vigilantes who have been mobilised for the aim.
Through the trial, the prosecutor, Seargent Galeon Nimrod of the Karewa Police Division, known as Umar as a witness.
The witness narrated his encounter with Abdulazeez who, underneath cross-examination, mentioned the witness informed the reality.
Consequently, Adamu was jailed for 15 years with the choice of N150,000 advantageous for the offence of theft in a dwelling home and was sentenced to 6 months in jail with out an choice of advantageous for being in possession of harmful weapons.
He's additionally to pay N500,000 as a compensation price.
Studying out the decision, Chief Justice of the Peace Abdullahi Mohammed Digil mentioned, "This court has sentenced you, Abdulazeez Adamu, to 15 years or you pay an alternative fine of N150, 000, for theft and also sentenced you to six months imprisonment for being in possession of dangerous weapons without an option of fine."
