Thursday, December 19

Farmer docked for allegedly threatening man in ”drama house”

A 20-year-old farmer, Adamu Aminu was docked in an Upper Area Court Gwagwalada, Abuja for allegedly threatening a man in a ”drama house;;.

The police charged Aminu who resides in tipper garage Gwagwalada with constituting public nuisance and attempt to commit an offence of causing hurt.

The Prosecution Counsel, Malam Abdullahi Tanko, told the court that the matter was reported at the Gwagwalada police station by Jamilu Ishak of same address on July 15.

Tanko said that the defendant went to the ”drama house” located in Gwagwalada with scissors and cutlass threatening to fight a man, Ali Rabiu.

The prosecutor said that the offence contravened the provisions of sections 183 and 95 of the Penal Code.

The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.

The Judge, Malam Abdullahi Abdulkarim, admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N50,000 with one reasonable surety in like sum.

Abdulkarim ordered that the surety must reside within the jurisdiction of the court and adjourned the case until July 26 for hearing.

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