Chief Magistrate Court I Admin sitting in Yola, the Adamawa state capital has remanded 3 middle age men in a Yola prison over alleged armed robbery.
The 3 young men were charged to court over alleged criminal conspiracy, armed robbery and voluntary causing of grievous hurt contrary to sections 60, 287 and 219 of the state penal code law, 2018.
The suspected armed robbers include; Mohammed Saidu, Mohammed Audu and Zayyanu Abubakar were said to have stormed the house of a medical officer at Ribadu village in Fufore LGA on the 20th January, 2021 in their effort to rob him of his belongings.
According to the prosecution, the defendants on the same date armed themselves with cutlasses, matchets, knives and sticks and attacked the medical officer, Ahmadu Abbo.
The defendants were said to have demanded for money from their victim during which they inflicted him with a severe machet injuries on his hands.
But when the 3 accused persons were asked to enter their plea, Mohammed Audu and Zayyanu Abubakar admitted committing the offence, while Mohammed Audu, pleaded not guilty to the offence.
It was at this juncture that the prosecutor, ASP Francis Audu, prayed the court to adjourn the case to another day for further mention.
While presiding over the sitting, the Honourable Judge, Aliyu Bawuro, adjourned the matter to 1st March, 2021, for further mention and ordered that the defendants be remanded in prison custody till then.
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