read and explained to the Defendants, the Defendants
pleaded not guilty to all the three (3) Court charges.
The charges to which the Defendants pleaded not
guilty, are hereby reproduced below:Charges
1. “That you Mustapha Muhammed ‘M’ and
Abubakar Mustapha (M) on 1st June, 2019 at
about 002hrs at Kofar Kade Area Sokoto within
the Sokoto, within the Sokoto Judicial Division
did commit the offence of criminal conspiracy in
that you agreed to do an illegal act to wit: attack
and rob one Nasiru Bello ‘M’ and that same act
was done in pursuance of the agreement and you
thereby committed an offence punishable under
Section 60 of the Sokoto State Penal Code Law,
2019.
2. That you Mustapha Muhammed ‘M’ and
Abubakar Mustapha ‘M’ on June, 2019 at about
002hrs at Kofar Kade Area Sokoto within the
Sokoto Judicial Division did commit the offence of
causing hurt in committing robbery in that having
armed yourselves with cutlasses, unlawfully
wounded one Nasiru Bello ‘M’ with the intent to
rob his Daylong Motorcycle and thereby
committed an offence punishable under Section
289 of the Sokoto State Penal Code Law, 2019.
3. That you Mustapha Muhammed ‘M’ and
Abubakar Mustapha ‘M’ on 1st June, 2019 at
about 002hrs at Kofar Kade Area, Sokoto within
the Sokoto Judicial division did commit the
offence of robbery in that having armed yourselves
with cutlasses, you jointly and violently robbed
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