Woman arrested with 500 dwell ammunition lands in jail

The High Court of Justice of Kaduna state has convicted and sentenced a girl, Aisha Abubakar to five years imprisonment.

Aisha, who was arrested with 500 rounds of dwell AK-47 ammunition meant for bandits in Katsina State was sentenced by Justice John Ambi, in a judgment delivered on October 15, 2026.

In his verdicts, the choose held: “Aisha was found guilty of the offence of unlawful possession of weapon, contrary to Section 393 of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law, 2017.”

The licensed true copy of the judgment, signed by the choose on October 19, 2026, was made obtainable to newsmen on Monday in Abuja.

The choose held that no matter Aisha’s plea for mercy, the courtroom can not ignore the devastating impression of insecurity within the nation.

Justice Ambi expressed concern in regards to the hurt and havoc by which the five hundred rounds of dwell ammunition would have inflicted on the lives of Nigerians if the defendant was not apprehended.

This medium stories that upon conclusion of trial, the defendant’s counsel, Victor Fredrick, filed a closing written tackle dated fifteenth May, 2026 and raised a lone challenge for willpower.

Fredrick requested whether or not with the totality of the proof adduced by the prosecution, it had been in a position to show its case past affordable doubts to warrant the conviction and sentence of the defendant.

The prosecution’s counsel, Emmanuel Ekpenyong, filed a closing written tackle dated eighth June, 2026.

Ekpenyong, a personal authorized practitioner of the legislation agency of Fred-Young & Evans LP who prosecuted the case pursuant to the fiat of the Attorney-General of Kaduna State, raised 4 points for willpower.

He requested whether or not the absence of Inspector Abu Sarki on the trial affected the admissibility of the defendant’s extra-judicial assertion (Exhibit P4).

The lawyer requested whether or not Aisha’s protest in opposition to the recording of Exhibit P4, having didn’t object when the doc was tendered and admitted in proof, affected the load to be connected to it.

“Whether the proof earlier than the courtroom established the offence of illegal possession of weapon in opposition to the Defendant past affordable doubt?

“Whether the court could convict on the basis of the unchallenged and uncontroverted evidence of the prosecution?” Ekpenyong requested.

But whereas delivering the judgment, Justice Ambi stated he took under consideration the plea of the defendant in allocutus in addition to the submission of each counsel.

“That said, I hereby sentence the defendant to five years imprisonment for the offence of unlawful possession of weapon contrary to Section 393 of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law, 2017,” he held.

The choose, nonetheless, ordered that the sentencing shall begin from the date of her detention primarily based on the remand order.

“The time already spent in detention pursuant to the remand order shall be counted in the computation of her sentence,” Justice Ambi declared.

Earlier when the choose requested the defendant if she had any factor to say earlier than the courtroom pronounce its sentence, the convict stated: “I am begging the court to forgive me and be lenient on me when passing its sentence.”

According to her, I’ve youngsters, and I’m their solely father or mother.

Fredrick, who appeared for Aisha, prayed the courtroom to mood justice with mercy.

Fredrick stated the defendant had been within the custodial centre for over two years.

“I therefore urge the court to take that into cognizance,” he stated.

On his half, the prosecution counsel, Ekpenyong, reminded the courtroom of the prevalence of the offence in Nigeria and the extent of insecurity within the state and the nation at giant.

He, due to this fact, sought a simply sentence to function a deterrent to others.

Kaduna state, in an amended cost marked: KDH/KAD/45C/2025, dated and filed on May 4, 2026, alleged that Aisha on or in regards to the twenty third day of June, 2024, was caught in possession of 500 rounds of dwell AK-47 ammunition, with out licence or lawful authority.

She was stated to have dedicated the offence opposite to Section 393 of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law, 2017.

The defendant was arraigned on May 6, 2026 and he or she pleaded not responsible.

The complainant’s counsel, Ekpenyong, utilized to open the complainant’s case by calling a lone witness, ASP Abdullahi Ibrahim, of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit of SCID.

Ibrahim, who testified as PW1, was consequently cross-examined by the defendant’s lawyer.

The PW1 in the midst of his testimony tendered 500 rounds of AK-47 dwell ammunition, a brown piece of clothes by which the dwell rounds had been contained, a bagco polythene bag by which the ammunition was saved and Aisha’s extra-judicial assertion dated twenty third June, 2024.

Aisha, on her half, additionally testified as sole defence witness (DW1) and denied the data of the displays which had been alleged to be in her possession.

She stated whereas she was on a condolence go to to Katsina State, the automobile she was travelling was stopped by the law enforcement officials, who started looking out and allegedly beating individuals whereas additionally eradicating their luggages from the automotive.

The DW1 stated the police claimed they discovered ammunition in her bag and needed to take her image.

She alleged that when she refused, the officers slapped her, tied her fingers after which beat her.

DW1 stated she instructed the police that the ammunition weren’t hers, in order that they took her to a room and locked her and the next day she was delivered to Kaduna.

Under cross-examination by Ekpenyong, Aisha stated she was born in Dan-Musa Local Government and he or she was going to Dan-Musa when she was arrested.

Complainant’s counsel utilized {that a} portion of Exhibit P4 (extra-judicial assertion) be learn to her after which requested how the knowledge within the exhibit was gotten if she didn’t give it out.

She answered that it was after she was crushed that she gave the knowledge.

Asked if she had any {photograph} to indicate that she was crushed, Aisha responded within the adverse.

She admitted that she was not the one feminine passenger within the automobile however agreed she was the one one arrested.

It could be recalled that Aisha was reported to have, in June 2024 after her arrest, confessed that she was paid N50,000 per journey to ship the ammunition to bandits in Katsina State.

Aisha, who stated to be 25 years previous on the time of her arrest, was apprehended by the Kaduna State Police Command alongside Zaria-Kaduna freeway on her approach to Katsina State on twenty third June, 2024.