2 artisans docked for allegedly stealing armoured cable, pumping machine
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Stealing
Abuja, Nov. 16, 2016(NAN) Two artisans, Patrick Sylvester and Ruben Haruna were on Wednesday arraigned in a Wuse Zone 2 Chief Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, for allegedly stealing armoured cable and pumping machine.
Sylvester, a plumber and Haruna a mason, are standing trial on a two-count charge of joint act and theft.
The prosecutor, Gambo Musa, said that one Bello Yerima of Jahi, Abuja, reported the matter at the Wuse Police Station on Nov. 9.
He said that the duo who were hired to work at the house of the complainant at Jahi, broke into a room and stole armoured cable and pumping machine.
He said that the security man saw the defendants moving away with the items and raised an alarm.
Musa said that people around arrested the defendants and recovered the stolen items from them.
The prosecutor said that the offences contravened the provisions of Sections 79 and 287 of the Penal Code.
The defendants denied committing the offences, while Chief Magistrate Munirat Tanko, admitted them to bail in the sum of N100,000 each and a surety each in like sum.
She ordered that the sureties must reside within the jurisdiction of the court and adjourned the case till Dec. 12, for hearing. (NAN )
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Edited by Obike Ukoh
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