A Gwagwalada Upper Area Court, FCT ordered that Na?fiu Mu?azu of Anwan Dodo, Gwagwalada be remanded in prison for allegedly stabbing a man with a knife.
The Judge, Alhaji Babangida Hassan, gave the order after listening to the plea of the accused person.
Ma?azu, 21, is standing trial on a four-count charge of joint act, criminal trespass, causing grievous hurt and theft.
Police prosecutor, Insp. Martha Paul, told the court that the case was reported by Simon Stephen at the Gwagwalada Police Station on March 30.
Paul said that the accused and one other person now at large, criminally trespassed into the compound of Stephen of same address with the intention to steal.
He said that when the accused person was caught, he used a knife and stabbed the nominal complainant on the left side of Stephen?s stomach which led to serious bleeding.
The prosecutor said that the victim was admitted at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada for 14 days and he spent N200, 000 for medical bills.
Paul said that the offences contravened sections 79, 342, 241 and 286 of the Penal Code. Mu?azu, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Following the not guilty plea of the accused, the prosecutor prayed for an adjournment to enable her produce witnesses to prove the case. Hassan adjourned the case to May 22 for hearing.
