Yola court remands teenagers over alleged mosque generator theft

The Chief Magistrate Court 2 sitting in the Adamawa State capital, Yola, has ordered the remand of two young boys for allegedly stealing a generator belonging to a mosque.

The court also remanded a scavenger, Auwalu Bashir in prison custody for allegedly receiving stolen property.

The minors who were ordered to be kept in a juvenile remand home are 14-year-old Saidu Alhassan, and 13-year-old Mamman, both of PZ Roundabout area of Jimeta, Yola North LGA.

The boys and the older defendant were arraigned before the court by the police prosecutor, Inspector Emmanuel Paul,, for alleged “criminal conspiracy, theft and receiving of stolen property.

The prosecutor told the court that a resident of Jambutu Primary School in Yola North LGA, Murtala Isa, reported the incident of theft at the Jambutu Police Station on the 13th June, 2026, after which investigations led to the defendants.

Arraigning the defendants on First Information Report, Inspector Emmanuel Paul, alleged that the minors at different times made away with the Perso Power Generator valued at N600,000 and sold it to the scavenger at N50,000 each.