A Sharia Court in Kano State on Tuesday ordered that a 35-year-old trader, Shuaibu Labaran-Baba, be remanded in a correction centre for allegedly threatening to kidnap his brother’s son.
The police charged Labaran-Baba
who lives in Alfindiki Quarters, Mandawari in Gwale Local Government Area in
Kano, with criminal intentional hurt and intimidation.
The Judge, Malam Umar
Lawal-Abubakar, who gave the order, adjourned the matter until September 25 for
mention.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Insp
Abdullahi Wada, told the court that the complainant, Zahradeen Baba, who is the
defendant’s biological brother, reported the matter on September 8 at Mandawari
Police Station in Kano.
Wada said the complainant
reported that the defendant threatened to kidnap his son if he refused to pay
the money he owed him.
The prosecutor said the offence
contravened the provisions of Section 158 of the Penal Code.
When th Mayor of Atlanta
declares November 18 ‘Davido Day’e charge was read to the defendant, he pleaded
not guilty. (NAN)
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