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By Alhaji Yusuf Damaturu  A Chief Magistrate Court in Damaturu has discharged a man, Uche Friday Uche, over alleged criminal force against a minor. The presiding Chief Magistrate, Mohammed Bilyaminu, gave the order after reviewing evidence presented by the prosecution. The case, marked YBS/DT/CMC-I/19/2021, was filed by the Commissioner of Police against the accused. The prosecution, led by M.H. Muhammad, alleged that the accused committed an offence punishable under Section 268 of the Penal Code. The charge bordered on use of criminal force against a girl with intent to outrage her modesty. However, counsel to the accused, S.S. Karasuwa, contested the allegations and urged the court to dismiss the case. In his ruling, the magistrate held that the prosecution failed to establish a prima facie case against the accused. He ruled that the evidence adduced was insufficient to warrant the framing of charges. “The prosecution has not established a prima facie case to justify ...

By Alhaji Yusuf, Damaturu  Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has donated the sum of ₦150 million to the families of three military officers who lost their lives in recent attacks in the state. The gesture, made on behalf of Borno State Government, is part of Governor Zulum’s sustained support to families of fallen heroes and wounded-in-action personnel engaged in counter-insurgency operations across the state. In addition to military and security personnel, the governor has also extended assistance to families of volunteer forces killed in action, including scholarship programmes for their orphaned children. As part of efforts to personally identify with the bereaved families, Governor Zulum, on Wednesday, visited families of the late Lieutenant Colonel Umar Farouq, Lieutenant Colonel Salihu Iliyasu, and Lieutenant Colonel Aliyu Saidu Paiko. The governor first visited the family of late Lt. Col. Salihu Iliyasu in Abuja, where he was received by the d...