Yola Court Sentences 8 to 10 Yrs in Prison Each for Vandalising Airport Property



Chief Magistrate Court I sitting in Yola, Adamawa State has convicted and sentenced 8 persons to 10 years imprisonment each on 5 count offences. News Platform 


The court presided by Chief Magistrate Mohammed Njidda, sentenced the defendants for the offences of "criminal conspiracy, criminal trespass, mischief, theft and dishonestly receiving stolen property.


The convicts include Tamakai Augustine, 19, Remember Markus, 22, Junior Livinus, 22, Salvation Bosom, 18, Sunday Bulus, 18, Geoffrey Karuni, 18, Salvation Amos, and Jude Anthony.


Magistrate Njidda jailed them 7 years in prison each or pay the sum of N250,000 option of fine for the offence of mischief in relation to electricity and telecommunication vandalised.


Also, the convicts bagged 2 years prison term each without option of fine for theft, 1 year imprisonment each or N25,000 option of fine for criminal conspiracy and 6 months each behind bars or option of N25,000 for for criminal trespass.


The court has ordered all the convicts to pay the sum of N4.033million each amounting to N32,279million compensation which is the amount of the ground cables 1920m from Cast Wing 1860 from Airfield Edge Light Circuit Cable of the airport carted away.


While all the convicts pleaded guilty to the offences on their arraignment in court, the 7th defendant known as Augustine Stephen who is 45 years pleaded not guilty to the offences and his matter has been reserved for ruling.


The 4th and 12th defendants, Suleiman Ibrahim and Yusuf Adamu are currently at large.


Arraigning the convicts earlier, the Prosecutor, Inspector S. S. Nicholas, informed the court that the convicts and the defendants at large had perpetrated the crime on the 23rd July, 2024.


He said that the convicts and the defendants of Bachure in Yola North LGA, conspired and trespassed into the airport and vandalised the cables and telecommunication and sold 9kg of copper wire to Suleiman Ibrahim at the sum of N81,000.


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