COURT SENTENCES "SHILA" BOY TO 7 YRS IN PRISON WITHOUT OPTION OF FINE

 An Upper Area Court 4 in Yola, Adamawa State Capital has convicted and sentenced a 21 year old "Shila" boy to 7 years imprisonment without option of fine.

Hon. Ibrahim Musa Ulenda, the presiding judge of the court convicted and sentenced the defendant identified as Abdulaziz Yusuf, who had pleaded guilty to "extortion".

The convict was earlier arraigned before the court by the Prosecutor, Sergent Kabiru Abubakar, for the offence contrary to section 282 of the penal code law.

Abdulaziz, admitted having committed the offence after which the Prosecutor called a witness and student of Doubeli Secondary School who corroborated the convict's guilt plea.

The 21 year old convict had on the 3rd February, 2023, stormed Doubeli Secondary School, and threatened a student identified as Aliyu M. Isa, with a knife and extorted his handset valued N6, 500.

The victim raised alarm which attracted other students who pursued and apprehended the convict while trying to escape from the school premises.

He was later handed over to the Doubeli Divisional Police headquarters for investigation and prosecution.