Two dreaded "Shila" boys were of Tuesday, convicted and sentenced to 8 years imprisonment each without option of fine.
The convicts include; Salisu Musa(20) of Zango street and Mustapha Ibrahim(18) of Vunoklang in Girei Local Government Area, Adamawa State.
An Upper Area Court 4 sitting in Yola, Adamawa State sentenced the defendants after they were tried on 2 counts bordering "criminal conspiracy and extortion".
The Judge, Hon. Ibrahim Musa Ulenda, ruled that for the offence of "criminal conspiracy" the convicts are to spend 1 year each in prison custody.
Equally, Hon. Ulenda, declared that for the offence of "extortion", the duo are to be jailed 7 years each without option of fine.
According to the judge, the judgment would serve as deterrent to those who would want to indulge in " shila" activities.
Earlier, when arraigned before court on the 7th October, 2022, by the Prosecutor, Seargent Kabiru Abubakar, both convicts pleaded guilty to the content of the FIR.
Sgt Kabiru, informed the court that the convicts and Usman and Auwal (still at large) had attacked a lady known as Janet Andrew, of Bauchi street on the 3rd October, 2022.
NEWS PLATFORM gathered that the convicts who were carrying knives and cutlasses and riding on a tricycle at about 7:00pm, saw their victim at Mubi roundabout and hit her with the tricycle.
After she fell on the ground, the convicts snatched her handset valued N55, 000 and hang bag containing N5, 000 and other items.
While trying to escape the scene, the convicts were pursued by a vehicle but when they noticed that they were being trailed, all of them jumped out of the keke NAPEP and took to their heels leaving the tricycle at the scene.
The owner of the tricycle was invited by the Doubeli Divisional Police headquaters the following day where he was told that "Yan Shila" were using his tricycle in carrying out "shila" activities.
The owner of the keke NAPEP led the police who succeded in apprehending Salisu and Mustapha while Usman and Auwal escaped.
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