A 20 year old Auwal Umar has been arrested and charged before Jimeta Area Court II for allegedly stealing 42 sheets of zinc.
The court presided by Hon. Muhammad Alamin Diya Lamurde, has since remanded the defendant and adjourned the matter to the 16th August, 2022 for corroboration and summary trial.
The court ordered his remand after he pleaded guilty to the alleged offence when charged before it by Corpral Ismail Mohammed of Jambutu Divisional headquarters.
According to the prosecution, the defendant carted away the items from Gombe state to Yola in Adamawa in order to sell and spend the money on women and illicit substances.
He informed the court in First Information Report tendered that Auwal of Lainde in Girei LGA, was apprehended by one Yakubu Umar, a vigilante on the 31st July, 2022.
Cpl Ismail, had while applying for the remand of the defendant, said that the offence contravened section 276 of the state penal code law 2018.
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