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The Chief Magistrate Court 2 sitting successful Yola, Adamawa State, has sentenced 2 young men to 5 years successful situation each for accosting a pistillate and forcing her to surrender her mobile phone.
The 2 were arraigned connected charges of transgression conspiracy and extortion.
They were arraigned earlier the tribunal by the constabulary prosecutor, Inspector Kabiru Abubakar, whose First Information Report (FIR) stated that Habiba Bello of Chochi Rumde Ward reported that connected June 24, 2026, portion connected her mode home, the convicts swooped connected her and forcefully took her Infinix phone.
The court, presided implicit by Magistrate Zainab Buba Adamu, convicted and sentenced Samaila Musa and Suhailu Ismail, some of Doubeli Ward successful Yola North Local Government Area, to 5 years successful situation each.
Samaila Musa, 25, was sentenced to 2 years successful prison, with an enactment of a N200,000 fine, for transgression conspiracy, and 3 years’ imprisonment without an enactment of a good for extortion.
The tribunal recovered Suhailu Ismail blameworthy of transgression conspiracy and sentenced him to 2 years successful prison, with an enactment of a N200,000 fine, and 3 years successful situation without an enactment of a good for extortion.
The magistrate ordered that the sentences tally concurrently and besides ordered the convicts to wage N70,000 successful compensation to the complainant, Habiba Bello.
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