A Magistrate Court in Wuse, Abuja, has remanded a 27-year-old man, Chidera Njoku, at a correctional center for allegedly threatening his mother’s life
The defendant, who resides in Kabusa Village, Abuja, faces six counts of charges: threat to life, assault, theft, extortion, mischief, and criminal intimidation, to which he pleaded not guilty.
The prosecutor, C. C. Okafor, informed the court that the defendant’s mother, Mrs. Ngozi Njoku, reported the incident at the Kabusa Police Station on August 21.
Okafor stated that the defendant stole several items belonging to his mother and behaved in a way that threatened the lives of both his mother and sister.
He listed the stolen items as a cellphone valued at N140000, a 10kg gas cylinder, five liters of oil, and six bags of charcoal.
The prosecutor said that when confronted by his sister, the defendant reacted violently and beat her up.
“He used a motor engine belt on his sister and inflicted serious injuries on her. He also threatened to kill his mother if she refused to give him N200,000,” he said.
The Magistrate, Ekpenyong Inyang, ordered the defendant to be remanded at a correctional centre, and adjourned the matter to October 6.