Tensions rise as farmer shot dead in FCT

Tensions are rising in the Dobi community of the Gwagwalada Area Council of the FCT following the shooting death of a farmer, Sule Motunye Dabena.

Yakubu Dabena, Sule’s brother, stated that the incident occurred on Wednesday afternoon while Sule was working on his farm.

“The family called him on his phone to find out why he was stuck on the farm until 6:30 p.m.,” he explained, “but his phone, which rang, went unanswered.”

So we, the family, gathered vigilantes and marched to the farm, where we discovered his body in a pool of his blood.”

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While directing security agents to find those responsible for the killing, Gwagwalada Chairman Alhaji Adamu Mustapha Danze said security in the community had been beefed up to avoid retaliation and a breakdown in law and order.

DSP Adeh Josephine, a spokesperson for the FCT Police Command, did not respond to an SMS inquiry about the incident.

For stealing shirts, a student receives a 16-month sentence.

Rotgak Audu, a student from Jos, Plateau State, was sentenced to 16 months in prison on Thursday by an upper area court in Kasuwan Nama, Jos.

Audu was sentenced by Judge Lawal Suleiman after pleading guilty to criminal trespass and theft and begging for mercy.

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Mr Suleiman, on the other hand, gave the convict the option of paying a N10,000 fine in addition to compensating the complainant with N22,000 in cash.

Earlier, Sgt Daniel Longwal of the prosecution told the court that Longji David reported the case to the Anglo Police Station on October 18.

The prosecutor also told the court that during the investigation, the convict pleaded guilty and the t-shirts and jerseys were recovered from him, but the iPhone and N1,000 were not.