Bauchi court jails two men for trespassing, theft

A Magistrate’s Court in Bauchi State has convicted two men of conspiracy, criminal trespass, housebreaking and theft after they were prosecuted by the Bauchi State Police Command for their involvement in a burglary in Liman Katagum, Bauchi Local Government Area.
The conviction was announced in a statement released on Thursday by the Command’s spokesperson, SP Nafiu Habib.
According to the police, the case began after a resident of Bandan Village reported to the Liman Katagum Police Division on June 27, 2026, that his house had been broken into several weeks earlier.
The convicts, identified as 28-year-old Iliyasu Musa and Ibrahim Isah, both from Baluwa Village, were accused of worki...