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Court jails Man 6 years for cheating

A Magistrates’ Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, on Wednesday sentenced a 51-year-old man, Hananiya Gimba, to six years in a correctional centre for cheating.
The Magistrate, Mrs Mary Adams, sentenced the convict after he pleaded guilty to the charges of criminal breach of trust and cheating and begged for the court’s leniency.
Adams however, gave him an option to N70, 000 fine, and pay the complainant N750, 000 as compensation.
Earlier, the State counsel from the Ministry of Justice, Alheri Daudu, told the court that the defendant was arraigned on two counts of criminal breach of trust and cheating.
Daudu said the complainant, Isah Idejisos, reported the matter at the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps office on March 2.
She alleged that the complainant had given the defendant his precious stone worth N750, 000, to sell on his behalf and remit the proceeds to him.
The prosecutor told the court that the defendant, however, converted the proceeds to his personal use after selling the stone.
Daudu said the offences contravened Sections 297 and 307 of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law. (NAN)
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The Allied Peoples Movement (APM) in Osun State has raised concerns over the alleged recruitment of members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) into the state’s Amotekun Corps, claiming it threatens the safety of opposition members.
In a statement issued on Friday, APM Chairman, Mr. Adewale Adebayo, criticized the recruitment process, alleging that non-PDP applicants were deliberately screened out. He warned that Amotekun, originally created to enhance security, was being turned into a political tool.
“We are disturbed by the protest by well-meaning Osun residents who applied but were deliberately excluded because they are not PDP members,” Adebayo stated.
He further alleged that over 1,000 PDP members had been recruited into the corps, describing it as an attempt to silence opposition voices. According to him, the recruitment exercise was merely a formality to cover up a pre-arranged selection process favoring ruling party members.
APM has called for the resignation of the Corps Commandant and Field Commandant of Amotekun, demanding an apology to the affected applicants and the people of the state. The party insisted that the security outfit must remain apolitical to maintain public trust.
Neither the Osun State Government nor the leadership of Amotekun has responded to the allegations as of the time of this report.
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