A man in Adamawa State, Faisal Yusuf, has admitted to breaking into a cemetery at the capital, Yola, in a move to steal iron rods to sell to scrap dealers.
Yusuf who hails from Mayo Belwa Local Government Area but says he is a student of a higher institution in Yola, has corroborated the allegation that he was caught at a Christian cemetery in Yola at night while he was attempting to remove the iron rods used around graves.
Yusuf was reportedly apprehended by the security personnel at the cemetery who handed him over to the Karewa Police Division for investigation and prosecution.
He was later arraigned before Chief Magistrate Court I sitting in Yola on charge of criminal trespass and attempted theft of iron rods from Jimeta cemetery in Yola.
The police prosecution officer, Inspector Galeon Nimrod, who conducted the arraignment, secured an order for Yusuf’s remand.
Upon the request, the court, presided over by Chief Magistrate Ismail Bello Shelleng, ordered that the defendant be remanded in custody.
It was while still in detention that he appeared before the Adamawa State Jail Delivery Committee chaired by the state Chief Judge, Justice Hafsat Abdulrahaman.
He admitted to the committee that he committed the offence.