The Inmate who was brought to court in the early hours of today for prosecution cried profusely, hence attracting sympathizers including legal practitioners who offered to plead with the court to convict him for his offence since he pleaded guilty.
It all started when the accused whose case came up for hearing at today's sitting was told that the Police Officer prosecuting the case was not in court, as he was said to be attending a workshop at the American University of Nigeria (AUN), Yola.
It was as a result of the absence of the prosecutor that the court presided by Magistrate Mohammed Buba, adjourned the matter to 2nd April, 2020 for continuation of hearing.
But upon hearing that the court has adjourned the case to 2nd April, 2020, the suspect broke down into tears, and went out of court hall court crying aloud, attracting the attention of staff, legal practitioners and several other people who sympathised with him.
Auwal had while crying at the court, said he had been arrested at Sokoto street in Yola South LGA for stealing 10 measures of rice, and that when he was taking to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the State Police Command, the police recovered the stolen rice.
He further lamented that he was later arraigned before the court, where he pleaded guilty for the offence, and the court ordered that he should be remanded in prison custody to enable the prosecutor bring witnesses to corroborate with his plea of guilty.
Since then, according to him, he has been into prison custody for over 200 days, and that anytime he appeared in court the matter will be adjourned for another day causing him a lot frustration and pains.
The prison Inmate alleged that they want him to die in prison, and vowed that as from today, he will not put anything into his mouth even if it is water so as to die and rest.
The Prison Order who brought him to court and several other sympathizers tried to calm him, but to no avail and left with no option than to take him back him to prison.
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