Friends docked for allegedly stealing armoured cable wires  

Two friends, Hassan Abubakar and Joefrey Micah were on Thursday docked in a Wuse Zone 6 Magistrates’ Court, Abuja for allegedly stealing armoured cable wires.

The police charged  Abubakar , 35,  and Micah, 23 with criminal conspiracy, Mischief and theft.

However, the defendants  denied committing the offence.

The prosecution counsel, Mr Donatus Abah, told the court that  on July 29 the FCT commissioner of Police received a distress call on the activities of the defendants..

Abah said the defendant  were caught in the act and arrested, .

The prosecutor said during police investigation,  it was discovered that the defendants had been in the business of stealing armoured cable since 2023 .

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He told the court that the defendants steal the cables and sale them to one  Ikenna Iwuchukwu and Monday Anowau

He said the defendants made a confessional statement but all efforts made to recover other stolen cable , failed.

Abah said the offence contravened the provisions of Sections 97, 327 and 287 the Penal Code.

Magistrate  Ekpenyong  Okon admitted the defendants bail in the sum of N1 million  each and one surety in like sum.

Okon  ordered that the surety must reside within the court’s jurisdiction and produce reliable means of identification.

He ordered that the surety address must be verified  and adjourned the case until Oct. 14 for hearing.