A 23-year-old man, Abdulwahab Yusuf, has been remanded in a correctional centre by a Sharia Court in Kano State for stealing cow skin worth N8,500.
The accused, who was remanded on Tuesday pleaded guilty to the charge by the police in Kano.
The matter was adjourned until August 22 for summary trial by the Presiding Judge, Umar Lawal-Abubakar.
Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Insp Abdullahi Wada, told the court that the complainant, Fatihu Auwal, who also resides in Tukuntawa Quarters, reported the matter at the Fagge Police Station, Kano, on August 5.
Wada alleged that the defendant entered into the complainant’s stand and stole the cow skin.
The defendant pleaded guilty to the charge.
Meanwhile, there was confusion in the Akute-Odo community in the Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State on Monday when an explosion razed an apartment, destroying three stores in the area.
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Neighbours and passersby were seen assisting the store owners to remove their wares from the three shops to save them from the fire.
A resident simply identified as Bukola stated that “A girl lit a stick of matches when another neighbour was using cooking gas. There was a little explosion in the apartment before the shops in front of the house were gutted.
“My phone was destroyed in the fire. Residents had to move in to help shop owners pack their wares.”
A business owner in the area, Mide, said, “It’s difficult to say what caused the fire. When locals heard a noise, the majority of them came to help store owners put out the fire. People who live in the flat where the fire started may know the cause.
“One of the three shop owners sells agricultural food. It took a long time for residents to save them from burning. One of the damaged shops damaged belongs to a resident who uses it for phone charging.”