Justice Aisha Bawa Wodu of a High Court sitting in Suleja, Niger State has remanded 13 people in Minna Correctional Centre for their alleged role in the killing of the village head of Lammbata, Alhaji Mohammed Abdulsafur.[ad] The suspects were arraigned by the Niger State Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice office on five-count charge, bordering on culpable homicide, disturbing public peace, inciting disturbance, voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous means, and mischief by fire.
Justice Aisha Bawa Wodu of a High Court sitting in Suleja, Niger State has remanded 13 people in Minna Correctional Centre for their alleged role in the killing of the village head of Lammbata, Alhaji Mohammed Abdulsafur.
The five-count charges, according to the Assistant Chief State Counsel in the State Ministry of Justice, Mohammed Galadima, were punishable under Section 79 of the Joint Act, contrary to Section 221 of the Penal Code. Those in court were Umar Ilyasu Sarki, Hamza Umar Sarki, Dauda Umar Sarki, Abdulkareem Dantani, Yusuf Chaska, Zubairu Dabaka, Donbitso, Jibrin Garba Dende, and Ibrahim Mohammed.
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