Five men have appeared before a Kaduna Chief Magistrate’s Court 2 for alleged demolition of their neighbour’s house in Rigasa Quarters in Kaduna.
The accused are Bala Mamuda, 38, Ismaila Zakari, 47, Hamisu Musa, 34, Rabiu Idris, 30, and Nasiru Wagani, 41, of Shanona Road, Rigasa, Kaduna.
The Police Prosecutor, Solomon Machu, told the court that the accused destroyed the house of John Nwama, their neighbour.
The house, having 10 rooms, was completed to linter level at a cost of N4 million.
Machu said the house was abandoned by the complainant, following the 2000 political crisis and re-located to Lagos.
He said when Nwama returned to Kaduna in 2008, he found that the house had been demolished and sold to an undisclosed person.
The accused were charged for trespassing under section 94 and 326 of the Penal Code Law.
When the charges were read to the accused, they pleaded not guilty.
However, the Chief Magistrate, Nasiru Idris, adjourned the case to August 11, to enable the accused to produce evidences.
He also granted them bail in the sum N100, 000 each with two sureties, residing in Kaduna.
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