Man in court for assaulting police officer

<p>Six persons were again killed in the Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State when gunmen stormed the area.</p>, <p>Also arrested are 31-year-old Salisu Ismail, and 27-year-old Habeeb Saudi, who acted as receivers of stolen items from the gang.</p>, <p>Lepidolite, according to the anti-graft agency, is one of the raw materials which unlicensed mining operators usually transport to China through illegal means for the production of batteries for vehicles, cell phones, cameras and other electronic devices, an act punishable under Section 1(8) (b) of the Miscellaneous Offences Act Cap M17, 1983.</p>, <p>A 25-year-old truck driver, Nuhu Musa, from Zaria Local Government of Kaduna State, was convicted on Wednesday by a Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin for unlawful possession of solid minerals said to be lepidolite in Kwara State.</p>, <p>The judge then sentenced Musa to four months imprisonment with the option of a fine of N200,000 and also ordered that the 40 tons of minerals recovered from the convict at the point of arrest be forfeited to the Federal Government.</p>, <p>Osanyintuyi told the court that the offences contravened the provisions of the Criminal Code, Laws of Osun State, 2002.</p>, <p>Osanyintuyi added that the defendant conducted himself in a manner likely to cause a breach of peace.</p>, <p>The defendant’s counsel, Olabisi Salako, told the court that he had filed a bail application on behalf of his client and that the same had been served on the prosecution.</p>, <p>“Police did not rest on its oars; combed the bush where two of the suspects were arrested.</p>, <p>The prosecutor also said that the defendant, on June 20, at 4:20 pm, at Sabo Market, Ile-Ife, assaulted Sgt. Odusina Olawale with intent to resist lawful arrest.</p>, <p>“But on getting to a point around Ikire jurisdiction, the said passengers forced him to stop and started shooting to scare him; while struggling with them, he was stabbed with a knife at his left hand, pushed out of the vehicle, and suspects went away with the said 4