Criminal Area Court I sitting in Yola, Adamawa state has ordered the remand of a housewife, Monica James, and 3 kids in prison custody and remand home respectively for housebreaking and theft.
The order followed the arraignment of the accused persons before the court for criminal conspiracy, housebreaking, theft and being in possession of stolen property.
The offenses, according to the prosecution, contravened sections 60, 347, 276, and 311 of the state penal code law, 2018.
Monica, a nursing mother who resides in Jambutu Nyakore was alleged to have paid the sum of N6, 000.00 to Haruna Abubakar, 13, Maryam Mohammed 12, and Hauwa Mohammed, 14 to steal and vandalize the property of her co-wife, Esther James.
While Monica, Maryam, and Hauwa pleaded guilty to the allegation, Haruna, the only male denied committing the offence. Haruna said"I didn't enter the room. It was Hauwa and Maryam who entered through the window".
He narrated thus;" It was Monica and Hauwa who went and sold the stolen wrappers and other property after the operation. I was given N1, 000 only as my share".
NEWS PLATFORM gathered that the kids allegedly broke into Esther's room and carted away 13 wrappers, boxes, kits, a pot, 2 measures of rice, 2 measures of beans, Maggi, palm oil, and vandalized other property valued N166, 000.
According to the prosecutor, Corpral Mohammed Ismail, the incident occured on the 22nd April, 2022, at the time Esther James, the complainant left for Chigari in Fufore LGA.
Ismail added that 10 wrappers among others were recovered and urged the court to adjourn the matter to enable him call a witness to corroborate the plea of 3 defendants and testify against 1 other defendant who pleaded not guilty.
The presiding judge, Hon. Mathias Nuhu, said that the court will admit the defendants to bail if they have reasonable sureties, and adjourned the matter for hearing and summary trial.
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