Two friends, Hassan Abubakar and Joefrey Micah were on Thursday docked in a Wuse Zone 6 Magistrates’ Court, Abuja for allegedly stealing armoured cable wires.

The police charged Abubakar, 35, and Micah, 23, all of FHA Lugbe with criminal conspiracy, Mischief, and theft.

However, the defendants denied committing the offence.

The prosecution counsel, Mr Donatus Abah, told the court that on July 29 the FCT commissioner of Police received a distress call on the activities of the defendants.

Abah said the defendant was caught in the act and arrested.

The prosecutor said during police investigation, it was discovered that the defendants had been in the business of stealing armoured cable since 2023.

He told the court that the defendants had stolen the cables and sold them to one Ikenna Iwuchukwu and Monday Anowau

He said the defendants made a confessional statement but all efforts made to recover other stolen cables failed.

Abah said the offence contravened the provisions of Sections 97, 327 and 287 of the Penal Code.

Magistrate Ekpenyong Okon admitted the defendant’s bail in the sum of N1 million each and one surety in like sum.

Okon ordered that the surety must reside within the court’s jurisdiction and produce reliable means of identification.

He ordered that the surety address must be verified and adjourned the case until Oct. 14 for a hearing.