A 22-year old man, Michael Chindo, was arraigned in an Upper Area Court Gwagwalada, Abuja, for threatening his neighbour with a knife.
The police charged Chindo, who resides in Old Kutunku Gwagwalada Abuja, with criminal trespass, house breaking, mischief, intimidation and attempt to commit offence of theft.
The Prosecution Counsel, Abdullahi Tanko, told the court that the complainant, Bisi Alao of old Kutunku Gwagwalada Abuja, reported the matter at the police station on Oct. 16.
Tanko said that the defendant broke the complainant’s burglary window and entered her room threatening to kill her with a knife.
He said that the defendant, in an attempt to steal recharge cards and money, damaged the complainant’s ceiling.
The prosecutor said that the offence contravened the provisions of the Penal Code.
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The Judge, Mr Sani Umar, admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N400,000 with one reasonable and reliable surety in like sum, who must reside within the jurisdiction of the court.
Umar also said that the surety must provide two recent passport photographs and valid means of identification.
He ordered that the address of the surety must be verified by the court staff and in default, the defendant should be remanded in prison custody.
He adjourned the case until Jan. 25, for hearing.
