2 labourers ordered to sweep Abuja police station for 2 weeks
A Magistrates’ Court sitting in Wuse, Abuja on Wednesday ordered two labourers, Ezekiel Mandela (23) and Musa Kennedy (35) to sweep the premises of the Galadimawa police station for two weeks for stealing one iron rod. The labourers were convicted of joint act, mischief and theft after pleading guilty and begged for mercy. The judge, […]
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A Magistrates’ Court sitting in Wuse, Abuja on Wednesday ordered two labourers, Ezekiel Mandela (23) and Musa Kennedy (35) to sweep the premises of the Galadimawa police station for two weeks for stealing one iron rod.
The labourers were convicted of joint act, mischief and theft after pleading guilty and begged for mercy.
The judge, Mrs Chioma Abgaza, sentenced them without an option of fine.
Agbaza ordered that the convicts keep the surroundings of Galadimawa Police Station clean for two weeks.
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She, however, warned them to desist from committing crimes and be of good conduct.
Earlier, the prosecution counsel, C.C. Okafor, told the court that one Oladele John of Kaura district, FCT, reported the matter at Galadimawa Police Station on April 2.
Okafor said the convicts, on the same day, stole one iron rod valued at N 20,000, cut it into pieces and was caught when they were about to sell them. (NAN)