Court sends Chidera Njoku to prison for threatening to kill mother

By Patience Omoha

A 27-year old man identified as Chidera Njoku has been remanded at a correctional centre for allegedly threatening to kill his mother, Mrs Ngozi Njoku if she failed to meet his demand for N200,000.

Njoku, a resident of Kabusa Village, Abuja was arraigned on a six-count charge of threat to life, assault, theft, extortion, mischief and criminal intimidation before Wuse Magistrate Court on Tuesday.

He however pleaded not guilty to the charges.

The Prosecutor, C. C. Okafor, told the court that the defendant’s mother, Mrs Njoku, reported the matter at the Kabusa Police Station on Aug. 21.

Okafor said that the defendant stole some items belonging to his mother, and conducted himself in a manner that threatened the lives of both his mother and sister.

He listed a cell phone valued N140,000, 10kg gas cylinder, five liters of oil and six bags of charcoal as some of the items that were stolen by the defendant.

The prosecutor said that when confronted by his sister, the defendant reacted violently and beat her up.

“He used a motor engine belt on his sister and inflicted serious injuries on her.

“He also threatened to kill his mother if she refused to give him N200,000,” he said.

The Magistrate, Ekpenyong Inyang, ordered the defendant to be remanded at a correctional centre, and adjourned the matter to Oct. 6.(NAN)