Court remands 43-year-old farmer for alleged cheating, attempted murder

A Makurdi Chief Magistrates’ Court ordered the remand of a 43-year-old farmer, Blessing Wanyam, astatine the Correctional Centre, Makurdi, connected Friday for allegedly cheating Mrs. Maria Amokaha of the sum of N700,000.

Wanyam, who lives down St Patrick Catholic Church, Taraku successful Gwer-East Local Government Area of Benue, was charged with transgression conspiracy, cheating, theft and attempted culpable homicide.

However, the Chief Magistrate, Mr. Kevin Mbanongun, did not judge her plea owed to a deficiency of jurisdiction.

Mbanongun adjourned the lawsuit  until November 17 for further mention.

Earlier, the prosecutor, Insp Godwin Ato, told the tribunal that the lawsuit was transferred from the Nigerian Police Divisional Headquarters, Aliade, connected Sept. 3,  to the State CID, Makurdi via a letter.

“The missive was said to person stated that Amokaha had reported astatine the Aliade Police Station sometime successful February, that the suspect had cheated her of her money.

“The complainant stated that the suspect deceitfully induced her to marque an upfront outgo of the sum of N700,000, nether the pretext of selling 100 lines of cassava workplace to her,” helium said.

According to Mbanongun, aft making the payment, she visited the cassava workplace situated astatine Taraku connected August 27, lone to observe that the suspect and her group, equipped with cutlasses, knives, and sticks, had already harvested fractional of the cassava.

“The complainant stated further that portion she tried to halt them from harvesting the remaining cassava, they attacked her and bushed her until she became unconscious.

“She said she was narrowly revived by immoderate passersby,”she said.

The authoritative stated that the suspect was arrested during a constabulary probe and had voluntarily confessed to committing the offences, portion others are inactive astatine large.

He said the offences contravened Sections 97, 324, 288 and 230 of the Penal Code Laws of Benue, 2004.

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