2 men bags 2 months imprisonment over generator theft
NAN-H-71
Sentence
By Ugochi Ugochukwu
Abuja, Oct. 18, 2016 (NAN) Two men, Adamu Lawal and Bello Jibril, were sentenced to two months imprisonment each for stealing generator.
Lawal, 25, and Jibril, 28, of Citec Estate, Abuja, had pleaded guilty to a two-count charge of conspiracy and stealing and begged for leniency in a Karmo Grade 1 Area Court in the FCT.
The Area Court judge, Abubakar Sadiq, gave each of the convicts an option of N10,000 as fine, and warned them to desist from committing further crime.
Prosecutor Dalhatu Zannah had told the court that the convicts committed the offence on Oct. 8 at Road Ab Citec Estate, Abuja.
Zannah said that following a tip-off detectives led by Sgt. Simon Madalla, attached to Life Camp Police Station, Abuja, went on crime prevention patrol and arrested the convicts.
Zannah said the convicts and one Danborno real name unknown now at large at about 7 p.m dishonestly stole an Elemax Generatior valued yet unknown at Road Ab Citec Estate, Abuja.
The prosecutor said that the convicts took the generator to pan taker shop at Efab Estate Road to sell it before they were arrested.
He added the convicts admitted stealing the generator at Road Ab Citec Estate during police interrogation and the generators was recovered.
Zannah said the offence contravened sections 79 and 288 of the Penal Code. (NAN)
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Edited by Felix Nwadioha