2 applicants docked for allegedly robbing passenger

Two applicants, Gabriel Samuel and Godswill Chigozie, were on Monday arraigned at a Karu Grade I Area Court, Abuja, for allegedly assaulting and stealing from a passenger.

The Police charged Samuel, 28, and Chigozie, 25, all of Aso C, Mararaba, Nassarawa State, Abuja with assault or criminal force in attempt to commit theft.

The defendants, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.

The prosecutor, Mr Edwin Ochayi, told the court that the complainant, Felicia Michael of Nassarawa State boarded a cab from Maitama junction to Abacha road alongside the defendants.

While the vehicle was moving, they started pushing her in attempt to rob her property and she requested to drop from the vehicle which the driver declined.

In the process, Ochayi said, when they got to A.A Rano filling station the first defendant, Samuel removed her glasses worth N15, 000 and smashed it on the ground and they also collected her bag containing Stanbic ATM card, Samsung 5 plus phone valued at N35,000, one small Nokia phone, and a cash sum of N1,200.

During police investigation, the defendants confessed to the crime and one small Nokia phone was recovered alongside cash of N1,200 and the ATM card but they all could not give satisfactory account of themselves and the Samsung 5 plus phone.

The prosecutor said the offences contravened the Penal Code.

The Judge, Umar Mayana, admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N100,000 with two sureties each in like sum.

He said that the sureties must live within the court’s jurisdiction and their addresses would be verified by court officers while sureties must be chairman and secretary of where they belong.

Mayana also ordered that they should deposit the sum of N50,000 as part of their bail bond to the court registry.

The judge adjourned the case until July 17 for further hearing.