Abduction
By Blessing Odega
Jos, Dec. 20, 2018 (NAN) ) A Jos Upper Area Court sitting in Kasuwan Nama, on Thursday sentenced a job applicant, Umar Masadu, to two years’ imprisonment without fine option for abducting a minor.
The Presiding Judge, Mr Lawal Suleiman, gave the sentence following the guilty plea of the accused, the facts of the case and his plea for leniency.
Suleiman said that the sentence would serve as a deterrent to those who would want to indulge in the crime.
Earlier, the Police Prosecutor, Sgt. Ibrahim Gokwat, told the court that the case was reported at the Laranto Police B Division on Sept. 13, by Mr Yunusa Mohammed, who resides at No. 25, Enimeke St., Kasuwan Nama.
Gokwat said that the accused, who had no fixed address, abducted Mohammed’s six-year-old cousin on his way to an Islamic school and took him to an unknown destination.
The prosecutor told the court that the abduction occurred on Aug.16.
He said that the accused admitted committing the crime during police investigation.
The prosecutor noted that the offence contravened Section 272 of the Penal Code. (NAN)
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Edited by Halima Sheji/Ijeoma Popoola