Abuja, Jan. 20, 2026 (NAN) A 38-year-old gardener, Ahmed Bawa, was on Tuesday appeared before a Life Camp Chief Magistrates’ Court, Abuja for allegedly stealing a company’s caterpillar spare parts and diesel worth N8 million.
The police charged Bawa of Judges Quarter 6th avenue Gwarinpa Abuja with joint act and theft.
The defendant, however, denied the allegations
The prosecution counsel, Mrs Charity Nwachukwu, told the court that on Nov. 23. the complainant , Mr Dauda Ali of Gabari Construction Ltd. Abuja reported the matter to the Gwarinpa Police Station.
Nwachukwu said that the defendant, who conspired with others now at large, dishonestly vandalised the company’s caterpillar parked near its gate at Gwarinpa.
The prosecutor told the court that the defendant dishonestly made away with the caterpillar battery, one key starter, engine fan and vehicle alternator.
Nwachukwu alleged that the defendant also punched the caterpillar fuel tank and made away with all the diesel inside the tank and all valued N8 million .
Nwachukwu said during police investigation, the defendant could not give a satisfactory account of his actions, revealing that the said caterpillar battery was recovered from the defendant.
She added that all efforts made to recover the stolen diesel and other spare parts proved abortive.
She said the offences contravened the provisions of Sections 79 and 289 of the Penal Code.
Magistrate Musa Jobbo admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N1million and two sureties in like sum.
Jobbo ordered that the sureties must reside within the court’s jurisdiction and produce reliable means of identification.
He ordered that the sureties addresses must be verified, adjourning the case until Feb. 9 for hearing. (NAN)
