Three "Shila" boys were on Monday, remanded in prison custody over extortion of phones in Yola, Adamawa state. NEWS PLATFORM can report.
The Jimeta Area Court II presided by Muhammad Alamin Diya Lamurde, remanded the defendants when arraigned before him.
The defendants include; Lukman Mohammed, 18, Samaila Bilyaminu, 17 and Ahmed Bello, 18. The trio hail from Jimeta in Yola North LGA.
Mohammed and 2 others were arraigned before the court for "criminal conspiracy and extortion" by the Jambutu Divisional Headquarters.
All the defendants pleaded quilty to the offences after the content of the First Information Report was read and explained to them.
Earlier, the Prosecutor, Corpral Ismail Mohammed of Jambutu Divisional Police Headquaters, told the court that the defendants were arrested on the 27th August, 2022.
Cpl Ismail, said that the defendants attacked a woman identified as Kontapwa Ezekiel and her friends, Kakwas and Benjamin along flyover at Capital Government Day Secondary School and extorted her phone.
After their guilt plea, the prosecutor applied that the matter be adjourned to enable him call a witness for the purpose of corroboration.
Hon. Alamin Lamurde, granted the prosecotor's prayers and adjourned the case to the 13th September, 2022 for corroboration and possible summary trial.
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