Sarki Rafi Adamawa, Ibrahim Isa Abubakar has sued Chief Imam of Bachure Mosque and 3 others for allegedly encroaching on Muslims and Christians' Cemeteries at Bachure in Yola North Local Government Area.
The Complainant has asked Honourable Aliyu Bawuro led Magistrate Court I Admin to order the Chief Imam to pay #11million as compensation to Muslim and Christian communities affected by the encroachment.
According to the Complainant, the 71 year old Imam, Abdulrahaman Adamu, as well as Ya'uba Sa'adu (60), Hammandiko Gaji (53) and Salihu Hammawa (57) of Bachure ward have encroached on their father's landed property.
They were arraigned before the court over alleged offences bordering criminal breach of trust, criminal intimidation and used of forged documents.
Earlier, the prosecution informed the court that on the 29th November, 2020, one Sarki Rafi Adamawa, of Abuja road in Yola South reported to the police that one Abdulrahaman Adamu of Bachure ward who was the caretaker of his late father's landed property refused to hand over the plot of land to the heirs of the deceased.
It alleged that late Alhaji Isa Buba entrusted the said caretaker with plot of land at Bachure to handover to the beneficiaries, saying that the caretaker who refused to handover the plot of land, went and forged documents and sold some of the landed property, assigned others to his children and son in-laws.
It added that the landed property which was donated to Bachure community to construct a mini market, the caretaker and some of the defendants who stood as witnesses, sold the land and squandered the money.
It said that the land which his father donated to Muslim and Christian communities to use as cemeteries, was encroached by the the defendants, and prayed the court to order the defendants to pay the sum of #11 million as compensation to Muslims and Christians.
According to him, the defendants always pose a threat to the complainant, saying that their action amounted to the commission of an offence contrary to sections 307, 382 and 333 of the penal code law.
When the substance of the offences were read and explained to the defendants upon their arraignment in court, they all pleaded not guilty.
Thereafter, the prosecutor, Sergeant Nicholas Sawe asked the court to adjourn the matter to enable them assemble their witnesses to prove their case.
He urged the court to issue and order restraining the defendants from tempering with the said land until the determination of the matter.
On his part, Counsel to the defendants, N. Anas, who could not object to the application of the prosecutor, applied for the bail of the defendants.
Presiding over the matter, the Honourable Judge, Aliyu Bawuro ordered the parties involved in the matter not to temper with the land until the issue is determined, and adjourned the case to 28th February, 2021 for hearing.
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