Court remands adolescent in borstal home for taking drugs

An Area Court sitting in Ilorin remanded an adolescent in a borstal home for taking drugs

The Judge, Hammad Ajumonbi gave the ruling after the minor’s uncle told the court that his nephew was addicted to hard drugs.

Ajumonbi ordered that the defendant be admitted to the training institute for one year in the Borstal Training Institute.

He also held that the minor should be allowed to learn any skill of his choice during his one-year stay in the home.

Earlier, an officer from the Nigeria Correctional Service, Mr Tiamiyu Hakeem told the court that the defendant’s mother reported the case at the Borstal Training Institute.

Hakeem said that the mother explained how he used money he got from her shop to buy hard drugs and wanted the institute to reform him.