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“I ventured into armed theft to lift cash to pay college charges” – Arrested SS2 pupil confesses – –
A 23-year-old man, Abubakar Mohammed, who was arrested for armed theft in Yola, Adamawa state, has confessed to the crime.
Mohammed, a SS II pupil of Demsawo Authorities Secondary College Yola, mentioned he ventured into crime to lift cash to pay his college charges.
It was gathered that the suspect broke into the home of 1 Maryam Jamilu at Wauru Jabbe in Yola South LGA in a broad day gentle brandishing a knife and threatening to kill her.
He allegedly attacked her on the eleventh February, 2022 in her parlor the place he robbed her of her cell phone valued at N68, 000, one other cellphone valued N6000 and the sum of N200 money.
Whereas Maryam was seeing her customer off after the mentioned operation, she sighted the suspect and raised an alarm which led to his arrest.
Abubakar Mohammed was arraigned earlier than Yola Justice of the Peace Courtroom I, on one depend cost of armed theft which runs opposite to part 287 of the state penal code regulation. After the plea of the defendant was taken, the prosecutor, ASP Francis Audu, urged the court docket to remand the defendant at a correctional middle to allow them transmit case file to DPP for authorized recommendation contemplating the character of the offence.
In his ruling, the presiding decide, Abdullahi Mohammed Digil, ordered the remand of the defendant and adjourned the matter as prayed by the prosecutor.
