Court jails man 4 months for stealing cell phone

A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court in Abuja has sentenced a 37-year-old man, Chukwu Ndukwu, to four months’ imprisonment for stealing a N60,000 phone. The judge, Mr. Inuwa Maiwada, however, gave the convict an option of N7,000 fine, warning him to desist from bad behaviour. The convict had admitted committing the offence, and begged the […]

A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court in Abuja has sentenced a 37-year-old man, Chukwu Ndukwu, to four months’ imprisonment for stealing a N60,000 phone.

The judge, Mr. Inuwa Maiwada, however, gave the convict an option of N7,000 fine, warning him to desist from bad behaviour.

The convict had admitted committing the offence, and begged the court to temper justice with mercy.

He blamed the theft on the devil.

Earlier, the prosecutor, Ijeoma Ukagha, told the court that Mr Suleiman Halilu of Garki 2, Abuja, reported the case at the Utako Police Station, Abuja, on October 4.

Ukagha said the convict and two others now at large snatched Halilu’s  Infinix Hot Note 6 from him  when he stopped his car to rectify a fault.

The prosecutor said the police recovered the phone from the convict during investigation. (NAN)