Generator mechanic bags 18 months imprisonment for stealing cell phone
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By Blessing Ibegbu
Mararaba (Nasarawa State), July 13, 2017 (NAN) A Mararaba Upper Area Court, Nasarawa State, on Thursday sentenced an 18-year-old man, Victor Yakubu, to 18 months imprisonment for stealing a cell phone valued at N27,500.
The convict, who is a generator repairer, was sentenced as he pleaded guilty to the charge.
The judge, Ibrahim Shekarau, however, gave the convict, an option of N8, 000 fine, and warned him to be of good behaviour.
Yakubu was charged under Section 288 of the Penal Code.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Cpl. Hamen Donald, told the court that the matter was reported at‘A’ Division Police Station, Mararaba, by one Atiku Ibrahim on June 28.
Donald said that the convict committed the offence on the same date at about 2.00p.m.
He said that the convict stole the cell phone from the complainant’s shop, located at Aso Pada, while the phone belongs to one Lina Karimu, the complainant’s customer.
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