A Kaduna Magistrates’ Court, on Thursday sentenced a 23-year-old man, Abba Danladi, to 10 months imprisonment for stealing his neighbour’s refrigerator and television set worth N500,000.

Danladi, who resides in Kawo area of Kaduna State, was convicted of conspiracy, housebreaking, and theft.

The Magistrate, Ibrahim Emmanuel, sentenced him after he pleaded guilty to the crime and begged for forgiveness.

Emmanuel, however, gave the convict an option of a fine of N15, 000 and also ordered him to restitute the N500,000 to the complainant, Rebecca Victor.

He held that if the convict failed to restitute the N500,000, he would serve additional 11 months imprisonment.

Earlier, the prosecutor, Insp Chidi Leo, told the court that the complainant of the same address with the defendant reported the matter at the Kawo Police Station, on May 29.

Leo said at about 4.20 p.m. on May 28, the complainant returned from work and discovered that some persons had broken into her room through the window and made away with her refrigerator and television set.

He added that in the course of the investigation, the convict was arrested and when interrogated, he confessed to being one of the perpetrators of the crime.

The prosecutor said that the defendant committed the crime with two other persons, at large.

He said the offence contravened the provisions of the Penal Code of Kaduna State, 2017.(NAN)

 One Rihanat Kuranga of Egbejila Area, Ilorin, on Wednesday filled for divorce from her husband, Shuaib AbdulRahman at the Area Court, sitting at Centre-Igboro, Ilorin, over domestic violence.

Kuranga told the court that her husband started beating her after she gave birth to their second born, saying that it has become unbearable.

According to her, whenever my husband decides to beat me, he will beat me and the children until we start bleeding from our bodies.

”I had to pack out of his house when I gave birth to my fifth born and he didn’t stop beating me and the children mercilessly.”

The woman told the court that she was no longer interested in the marriage and wanted divorce, child custody and maintenance.

”I want their father to pay N50,000 monthly for feeding of our five children and be responsible for their education,” she said.

The Presiding Judge, Toyin Aluko ordered that a fresh hearing be served on the defendant, to enable him have knowledge of the court case.

The case was adjourned until June 30, for Defence or hearing. (NAN)

Police  operatives from the Bayelsa command have evacuated the remains of a bolt driver, who was shot dead on Friday morning at Samphino Road Junction , Yenagoa.

The lifeless body of the middle-aged yet-to-be-identified driver was discovered early Friday morning inside his vehicle at the Samphino Road Junction in the Kpansia suburb of Yenagoa.

Residents, who discovered the scene raised the alarm which prompted a swift response from police operatives, who quickly cordoned off the area.

The body of the commercial driver has been deposited at the mortuary for possible autopsy.

The residents, who got to the scene early suggested that the victim might have been shot at close range by suspected armed robbers.

Reacting to the incident, a senior police officer, who spoke on anonymity at the crime scene, said that a full-scale investigation was underway.

“We are working to gather all necessary intelligence.

“Forensic teams have been deployed to the scene and we are also liaising with the bolt company to retrieve trip data that may help in tracking down the culprits,” he said.

The Police Spokesman in Bayelsa, ASP Musa Mohammed confirmed the incident to NAN and said that investigation was already in progress. (NAN)