Ring Leader of the dreaded " Shila" Boys terrorising the inhabitants of Jimeta metropolis in Adamawa state, Abubakar Ibrahim and 3 other accompices, have been convicted and sentenced to 7 years and 6 months in Yola prison.
The 25 year old Abubakar and 3 other "Shila" Boys including Shamsu Abubakar, 18, Ismail Musa, 18, and Muslim Ibrahim, 19, are to spend 7 years and 6 months behind bars without option of fine.
Magistrate Japhet Ibrahim Basani, of the Chief Magistrate Court 2, convicted and sentenced the young men after they were found guilty for criminal conspiracy and theft contrary to sections 60 and 283 of the state penal code law.
The convicts who were earlier arraigned before the court for the offences, admitted committing the crime, and further confessed to be serial offenders who had attacked and dispossessed citizens of their handsets, handbags, money among other valuables.
According to the prosecution, the convicts were apprehended after attacking a tricycle operator who happens to be a vigilantee, Allahyidi Lawan of Rhumde ward at Doubeli culvert on the 11th August, 2021 at 3:00pm.
Allahyidi who also testified in court, told NEWS PLATFORM that he was stopped by one of the convict where he asked him to take him to Bachure, and that immediately, 3 other boys including the ring leader entered his tricycle and started attacking him.
He narrated that he used wisdom where he pleaded with them to stop attacking him as he is one of them and into the same business, saying upon hearing that he is a member (Dan Nawawu in Hausa language), they stopped attacking him but confiscated his handset valued N3000, carted away the sum of N7000, and allowed him to go.
Allahyidi stated that he rushed and reported the incident to his colleagues where they immediately mobilised themselves and stormed the scene; hence, the arrest of the convicts.
During the sitting, the prosecutor, Sergeant Kabiru Abubakar, called a witness who corroborated the plea of the convicts, and subsequently applied for summary trial.
When asked whether they have allocutos, the convicts pleaded with the court to temper justice with mercy, saying that they have repented.
In his ruling, Magistrate Japhet Ibrahim Basani, held that the prosecution had proved its case beyond any doubt, and convicted them accordingly..
However, the presiding judge decried the activities of the boys more especially within the metropolis, lamenting that they have become a menace/threat to the society.
The convicts as well as the prosecution can appeal the verdict if not satisfied, said the court.
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