Thursday, March 28, 2024

Late Abubakar Audu’s son, Mohammed, arraigned for robbing uncle

The Police in Kogi have arraigned the son of the former governor of the state, the late Prince Abubakar Audu, before a Lokoja Magistrates’ Court for robbery and attempted culpable homicide.
Mohammed Audu was arrested on Wednesday night when he honoured police invitation at the Special Anti-Robbery Squad at the Police Headquarters in Lokoja.
Audu’s son, who was arraigned in court on Thursday, was charged with criminal conspiracy, causing grievous hurt, mischief, armed robbery and attempted culpable homicide, contrary to sections 97(1), 248, 327, 298 and 229 of the Penal Code.
The prosecuting police officer, Mr. Gabriel Otowu, told the court that Mohammed allegedly committed the offence against his uncle, Prince Yahaya Audu, on August 30, in the family house at Ogbonicha, Ofu Local Government Area of the state.
The prosecutor told the court that Yahaya and one Ibrahim Immam were in his family compound at Ogbonicha for the eighth day prayer of Dauda Audu when the alleged offence took place.
He said that in the First Information Report, Yahaya alleged that hoodlums armed with guns, cutlasses and axe criminally conspired and invaded his compound pretending to be visitors.
He alleged that Yahaya ignorantly welcomed the people, who asked him to give them “something no matter how small”.
The prosecutor said that as the complainant walked towards his vehicle to give them money, the people attacked him from behind with a machete and “thoroughly” beat him up.
He said that the suspects inflicted injuries on the complainant and shot sporadically into the air.
Otowu said that the complainant fell to the ground and pretended to be dead and the hoodlums attempted to carry him before he ran into the bush and escaped.
He also said that they broke the windscreen of his jeep and made away with his Samsung handset.

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