A Shari’a Court sitting at Rigasa, Kaduna State on Friday discharged and acquitted four teenagers aged 18 who were charged with stealing N840,000 after swearing to their innocence using the Qur’an.
The teenagers, Musa Adamu, Aminu Musa, Muhammad Usman and Jibril Usman, whose addresses were given as Hayin Dan Mani area, all pleaded not guilty to the charge of criminal conspiracy, house breaking and theft.
Police prosecutor Sambo Maigari had told the court that the nominal complainant, Umar Saidu, had on November 24, 2020, reported that his house had been burgled and money stolen.
He said that the four defendants were arrested because they were the primary suspects, as they were always sitting in front of the complainant’s house.
“The nominal complainant was building a new house and had not relocated with his family; he only comes there to teach Qur’an to some of his students,” the prosecutor said.
However, the judge Dahiru Bamalli said that since the complainant had no witness and the defendants had pleaded not guilty, they would swear on the Qur’an to confirm their innocence.
