The Federal Capital Terrritory, FCT, Police Command on Thursday arraigned a 25-year-old scavenger, Mubarak Isya, for allegedly receiving stolen bicycles
Isya of Kubusa Panteka area of Abuja, who is facing trial before a Lugbe Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, is charged with receiving stolen property
The prosecution counsel, Mr Stanley Nwaforaku informed the court that one Mr Mohammed Aliyu of Durumi, Abuja, reported a case of theft at the Durumi police station against one Peter Elisha and Ali Hassan on Dec. 17.
The prosecutor said that during police investigation, Elisha and Hassan confessed to stealing the bicycles belonging to one Mr Jonah Izuka, and selling it to the defendant.
According to him, when the defendant was later arrested, he admitted that he bought the bicycles from Elisha and Hassan.
Nwaforaku said that the offence contravened section 317 of the Penal Code.
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The judge, Malam Aliyu Kagarko, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N500,000 with one surety in like sum.
Kagarko ordered that the surety must reside within the court’s jurisdiction and must produce reliable means of identification and then adjourned the matter until Feb. 16 for hearing.
