A Magistrate’s Court sitting in Wuse, Abuja, has ordered the remand of a 27-year-old man, Chidera Njoku, at a correctional centre for allegedly threatening the life of his mother.
Njoku, a resident of Kabusa Village in Abuja, is facing six counts bordering on threat to life, assault, theft, extortion, mischief, and criminal intimidation. He pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Prosecutor C. C. Okafor told the court that the defendant’s mother, Mrs. Ngozi Njoku, reported the matter at the Kabusa Police Station on August 21.
Okafor alleged that the defendant stole several household items, including a mobile phone valued at N140,000, a 10kg gas cylinder, five litres of oil, and six bags of charcoal.
He further informed the court that the defendant violently assaulted his sister when she confronted him.
“He used a motor engine belt on his sister, inflicting serious injuries on her. He also threatened to kill his mother if she refused to give him N200,000,” Okafor said.
Magistrate Ekpenyong Inyang ordered the defendant’s remand in a correctional centre and adjourned the case until October 6 for further hearing.
