Metro

Plateau student jailed for stealing phone

An Area Court sitting in Jos, Plateau State, on Wednesday, sentenced an 18-year-old student, Abubakar Adam, to nine months imprisonment for stealing a phone.
The judge, Shawomi Bokkos, sentenced Adam after a summary trial following his guilty plea.
Bokkos, who sentenced the defendant to nine months in prison, however, gave him an option of N10,000 fine.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the judge also ordered the convict to pay N100,000 as compensation to the complainant.
He held that the judgment would serve as a deterrent to other would-be offenders.
Earlier, the prosecution counsel, Ibrahim Gokwat, told the court that the case was reported by the complainant, Habizu Hassan, on February 20, at the ”C” Division.
Gokwat alleged that the convict trespassed into the complainant’s room and stole his Samsung phone valued at N85,000 and sold it to one Abdullahi Gambo for N13,000.

Related posts

Court Remands Man For Allegedly Beheading Wife

Editor

18 judges’ A’Court elevation: EFCC fraud cases, 1,000 others to start afresh

Our Reporter

Shops razed as midnight fire guts Ladipo market

Our Reporter

Bought, beaten, betrayed: Inside Nigeria’s sex trafficking hell in Libya

Editor

Court grants Baba Ijesha N2m bail

Our Reporter

Customs challenge ruling stopping duty on passengers baggage

Our Reporter