Wata babbar kotun shari’a da ke zamanta a Lokoja, babban birnin jihar Kogi, ta yanke wa wani matashi dan shekara 23, Yusuf Salawu, daurin shekaru biyar a gidan yari bisa samunsa da laifin damfarar yanar gizo.
Laifin ya sabawa sashe na 354(2) na hukumar shari’ar laifuka ta jihar Kogi, 2017 (ACJLKS, 2017) kuma hukuncinsa a karkashin sashe na 320 na kundin laifuffuka na jihar.
An yanke hukuncin ne a wani takaitaccen shari’a da ubangijinsa, Hon. Mai shari’a Josiah Joe Majebi, babban alkalin jihar kuma mai shari’a na babbar kotu ta daya, a wata kara da hukumar yaki da cin hanci da rashawa (EFCC) ta shigar mai lamba HCL/80C/2022.
Mai shari’a Majebi ya kuma yi amfani da zartar da hukuncin wajen baiwa sauran matasa a jihar shawara don gujewa ayyukan da za su iya kawo musu cikas da kuma kawo cikas ga makomarsu.
Ya ce kotuna a jihar Kogi ba za su yi kasa a gwiwa ba wajen aiwatar da doka kan duk wanda aka tabbatar da cewa ya aikata wani laifi.
Gargadin nasa ya zo ne bayan lauyan wanda ake kara ya roki kotun da ta yi adalci da jin kai domin wanda yake karewa ya kasance mai laifi a karon farko wanda ya riga ya tuba, bai ji dadi ba kuma ya yi nadamar aikata laifin.
Hukuncin kotun ya biyo bayan amsa laifin da wanda ake tuhumar ya aikata ne bayan da aka karanta masa tuhume-tuhume guda daya na zamba ta yanar gizo kamar yadda lauyan masu shigar da kara ga EFCC, Andrew Akoja Esq, ya gabatar a gaban kotun.
Takaitacciyar tuhumar ta bayyana cewa “tsakanin shekarar 2021 zuwa 2022 da kuma Lokoja, dake cikin sashin shari’a na kotun, wanda aka yankewa laifin ya sani yana karkashinsa, kudi N56.3m a asusun sa na Access Bank mai lamba 0798947121. ”
Adadin da aka ce ya kasance wani bangare na jimlar N116.6m wanda ake zargin an same shi ba bisa ka’ida ba. EFCC ta tabbatar da cewa Yusuf ya aikata laifin da ya sabawa sashe na 320 na kundin laifuffuka.