Criminal Area Court II sitting in Yola, Adamawa state on Tuesday, convicted and sentenced a 45 year old, Dan Asabe Abdullahi, for stealing a motorcycle.
In his ruling, Hon. Muhammad Alamin Diya Lamurde, held that the court has tried and found the defendant guilty and sentenced him to 2 years in prison or pay N30, 000 option of fine.
Dan Asabe, of Saminaka, Yola South Local Government Area was arraigned before the court by the prosecutor, Inspector Danjuma Hamidu, for being in possession of motorcycle suspected to have been stole.
But when the content of the First Information Report was read to him as prayed by Inspector Danjuma Hamidu, the convict pleaded guilty to the alleged offence contrary to section 311 of the state penal code law 2018.
The convict and a mechanic was apprehended by the police attached to Jimeta Division during patrol in possession of unregistered motorcycle(Boxer).
Upon questioning, Dan Asabe, could not give the operatives a convincing account of the motorcycle and how he came about it; hence, his arrest and arraignment in court for prosecution.
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