Three persons on Friday appeared before a Minna Magistrate’s Court for allegedly mounting an illegal road block.
The accused are Abubakar Mohammed, 25; Masaud Babangida, 45, and Abubakar Mohammed, 38.
They are being tried on a four-count charge of conspiracy, extortion, obstruction in public way or line of navigation and failure to give information to public servant.
The Police Prosecutor, Insp. Emmanuel Danladi, told the court that police operatives arrested and brought the accused persons to the station on April 20.
Danladi alleged the accused had mounted a road block along Kuta road by Central garage junction in Minna and extorted money from motorists under the pretext of issuing Amalgamated Commercial Motorcycle Owners and Riders Association tickets.
He said the offences contravened sections 97, 293, 197 and 138 of the Penal Code Law.
However, the accused…
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