Alleged theft: Court admits driver to Emir Sanusi’s wife, others to N60m bail

Chief Magistrates’ Court successful Kano connected Wednesday, admitted Suleiman Yakubu, a operator attached to the woman of the 16th Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, to bail implicit a N60 cardinal alleged jewelry theft.

Yakubu, alongside Idris Uba- Musa, and Abdullahi Hassan, whose addresses and ages were not provided by the tribunal are charged with conspiracy, theft, and receiving stolen property.

The prosecutor, Mr Abubakar Ibrahim, told the tribunal that Yakubu who works arsenic a operator to the Emir’s archetypal wife(Sadiya Ado-Bayero), committed the offence connected March 16, successful Kano.

He alleged that the archetypal suspect trespassed into her country and stole jewellery, a currency sum of N500,000, and a Samsung phone, each valued astatine N60 million.

The archetypal defendant, Yakubu pleaded blameworthy to the charge, portion the 2nd and 3rd defendants pleaded not guilty.

According to the prosecutor, the offence contravenes the provisions of sections 97, 280 and 317 of the Penal Code.

Defence counsel, A.A. Abdullahi, made a bail exertion connected behalf of his clients.

Chief Magistrate, Hadiza Abdurahman, granted bail successful the sum of N10 cardinal each with 2 reliable sureties.

She said 1 of the sureties indispensable beryllium the defendant’s begetter oregon brother, portion the 2nd surety indispensable beryllium a civilian servant not beneath Grade Level 15.

The justice adjourned the matte...