A Makurdi magistrates’ court in Benue State on Monday ordered that a farmer, Benjamin Num, be remanded in a correctional facility over alleged arson.
The Magistrate, Mrs Erdoo Ter, did not take the plea of Num for want in jurisdiction and adjourned to February 28, 2023.
Earlier, the prosecution counsel, Sgt Regina Ishaya, told the court that the suspect was arrested on January 12, after he set the house of Joseph Akegh of Nyon Layout, Makurdi, on fire.
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He said that property destroyed in the fire included one standing fan, one mattress, one gas cylinder, three bags containing clothes and N128,000 cash.
During a police investigation, she said the suspect confessed to committing the crime.
She noted that the offence contravened Section 337 of the Penal Code, Cap 124 (2004) Laws of Benue. (NAN)
