Two blood brothers face trial for robbery, murder

Ogunsakin Mustapha
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Two blood brothers, Hamza and Yusuf Jibrin were on Tuesday remanded in a Correctional Center by a Kaduna High Court for alleged culpable homicide and armed robbery.

The police charged Hamza 27 and Yusuf 24, with conspiracy, armed robbery and culpable homicide, after robbing and killing one Rabiu Sani 26 along Airport Road in Kaduna.

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Justice Aisha Shagari ordered the remand of the defendants, after they pleaded not guilty to the charge preferred against them.

Shagari adjourned the matter until Dec. 12 for hearing.

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Earlier, the Prosecutor, James Edward, explained that the defendants and two others at large, while armed with matchete and other dangerous weapons along Airport Road, Kaduna, on Nov. 7, attacked and robbed late Sani, causing the death of a 26-year-old man.

He said the defendants stole the deceased’s HP laptop, two cell phones, his wallet which contained two ATM cards and cash sum of N30,000.

Edward said that the offence is punishable under the Robbery and Firearms ( Special Provision) Act LFN, 2004.

The Defence counsel, Habiba Usman, had pleaded with the court to grant her clients bail.

Usman while moving her bail application, urged the court to gtant her client bail on literal terms, adding , that the defendants would be of good behaviour and would not jump bail.

(NAN)

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