Just In : Driver remanded for ‘consuming five buckets of burukutu’
Adriver in Adamawa State, David Donald, has been remanded at a correctional centre in Yola for allegedly consuming five buckets of the local beer called burukutu and not paying
The charge against the man includes taking of two plates of pepper soup and not settling the bill.
Donald, who faces the offence of cheating over which he is arraigned before an Upper Area Court 4 sitting in Yola, was issued the remand order after he pleaded quilty to the alleged offence.
The offence runs contrary to Section 302 of the Penal Code.
Donald, who hails from Karin Lamido in neighbouring Taraba State, was arraigned before the Upper Area Court, presided over in Yola by Ibrahim Musa, by the Adamawa State Police Command.
The Police said David last Wednesday, February 21; at a local joint in Yola, ordered five plastic buckets of burukutu and two plates of fish pepper soup.
After consuming the beer and eating the pepper soup on the spot, David attempted to leave without paying anything to the joint owners from whom he bought those things.
He was held back at the joint and then handed to the Police.
The prosecuting police officer, Sgt Kabiru Abubakar who arraigned David, told the court that David dishonestly collected the beer and pepper soup of the total value of N6,600 from Felicity Sunday and Linda Ali.
The prosecutor added that the complainants reported the matter to the police, following which the Police took it over.
