A Grade I Area Court in Karu, Abuja, on Wednesday, remanded a driver, John Isah in a correctional centre for allegedly stealing valuables from the neighbourhood.
The police charged Isah, 24, of SDP quarters, Karu, Abuja with housebreaking, theft, belonging to a gang of thieves, criminal intimidation and continuous nuisance after a court injunction to discontinue.
The Judge, Mr Umar Mayana, deferred bail for the defendant and adjourned the case until Feb. 8 for mention.
Mayana ordered that the defendant be remanded in Keffi Correctional Centre, pending investigation.
Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Mr Olanrewaju Osho, told the court that the matter was reported by a team of policemen attached to the Karu police station.
Osho told the court that the defendant has been on the police wanted list for seven years for various offences in which during this period, he had dispossessed the people of the Karu community of their valuables.
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The prosecutor further said that the information received was that the defendant has been intimidating the entire Karu community and the estimate of valuables stolen by him is yet unknown.
Osho said, during the police investigation, it was discovered that the defendant smokes and sells different types of hard drugs.
He said during his arrest, he was found in possession of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp.
The prosecutor said the offence contravened the provision of Section 353, 287, 306, 397B and 199 of the Penal Code.
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
