Kebbi court remands 14 nxdx dancers in prison

A Magistrate court, sitting in Birnin-Kebbi, Kebbi State and
presided over by Magistrate Halima Abubakar, has remanded 14 nude
dancers in prison.

The nude dancers were charged to court for allegations of
criminal conspiracy, mischievous, criminal force, causing assault,
public nuisance, causing hurt and grievances contrary to sections
97,183,327,266 and 246 of the Penal Code.

The accused persons, according to the Prosecutor Yakub Mohammed
Goge, were caught by men of Vigilante Group of Nigeria (VGN), Kebbi
State chapter, under a bridge in a forest river with generating
sets, musical gadgets and taking suspected hard drugs and dancing
nude with young girls.

The Prosecutor, Yakub Mohammed Goge, informed the court that
when the accused persons, including nine boys and five girls,
sighted men of Vigilante Group, they attacked them with cutlasses,
damaged their patrol vehicles and injured a few of their officers
who were rushed to hospital for medical treatment.

He told the court that the accused persons used maximum force on
officers of the VGN namely; Hashim Rabiu and Adamu Saidu, which
caused serious injuries on them.

Magistrate Abubakar, while ruling of their case file number
BK/338C/2018, however, ordered that the accused persons be remanded
in prison till Thursday, October 18, 2018, for further mention and
hearing.

Earlier, Commander of Kebbi State NVG, Mohammed Lawal Augie,
told newsmen in his office that the accused persons attacked his
men in a river at Sabon Garin-Gworo, along Kardi road when they
were interrupted during their nude dancing.

“They used their cutlasses to attack my men and damaged our
patrol vehicles donated to us by Kebbi State Government.

“But we succeeded in apprehended 15 of them and handed over to
the Police because we cannot prosecute any criminal according to
law”.