A Magistrates’ Court in Minna on Friday ordered the remand in prison custody of one Mohammed Aliyu over alleged kidnapping. Aliyu was docked on a two-count charge of criminal conspiracy and kidnapping, contrary to Sections 3(1) and 2(2) of Niger State kidnapping and cattle rustling law, 2016. Aliyu Yakubu told the court that the complainant, Jibrin Sani, of Ebbo village in Lapai Local Government Area, reported the matter at the police station on Dec. 28, 2018. Yakubu said that the complainant had employed the accused to assist his son, Mohammed Sani, in rearing his cattle. The Magistrate, Mariam Kings, however, declined to take the accused plea on the grounds that the court lacked jurisdiction to hear the matter.

Source: Nigerian Tribune February 01, 2019 10:52 UTC