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  • Student bags 10 days imprisonment for stealing phone

    Student bags 10 days imprisonment for stealing phone

    A Sokoto Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday sentenced a 22-year-old student, Ahmadu Suleiman, to 10 days imprisonment for stealing a cell phone valued at N10,000.

    Chief Magistrate Fatima Hassan, gave the ruling after Suleiman of Marina Police Barracks, Sokoto, pleaded guilty to the charge.

    “Since the accused had pleaded guilty to the charge, the court had no option than to sentence him.

    “Having pleaded guilty to the charge, Suleiman is to spend the next 10 days in jail without an option of fine,’’ she said

    The convict was arraigned on a one-count charge bordering on theft.

    Earlier, the prosecutor, Sgt. Monday Kennedy, had told the court that the accused committed the offence on May 21.

    Kennedy added that the matter was reported at Ungwan Rogo Police station by one Nafiu Abubakar of Diploma area, Sokoto.

    According to him, while the complainant was asleep, Suleiman stole his Blackberry cell phone.

    Kennedy said that during Police investigation, the phone was found with the accused.

    The offence contravened Section 288 of the Penal Code.

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  • Man bags 4 months imprisonment for stealing cell phone

    Man bags 4 months imprisonment for stealing cell phone

    A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, sentenced a 20-year-old man, Ismail Ibrahim, to four months in prison for stealing cell phone valued at N75,000.

    Ibrahim, of no fixed address, was arraigned on a two-count charge of joint act and theft which he pleaded guilty to.

    Delivering judgment, Justice Abubakar Sadiq said the court had no option than to sentence Ibrahin accordingly.

    Sadiq, however, denied the convict an option of fine “because he was not a first time offender.”

    He, therefore, sentenced the convict to four in prison, saying the punishment would serve as deterrent to others.

    The Prosecutor, Dalhatu Zannah, had earlier told the court that Babangida Sirage of Karu, Abuja, reported the incident at Life Camp Police Station, Abuja, on May 4.

    Zannah said the convict committed the offences on the same date at about 8 p.m. at Jabi, Abuja.

    He added that the complainant went to buy date fruit from a shop at Jabi, Masalashi, when the convict and one other now at large followed him.

    The prosecutor noted that while the complainant was busy buying the fruit, Ibrahim and his partner also came to the shop and bought a sachet of honey.

    He said as the complainant left the shop; Ibrahim followed him and suddenly pushed him down, stole his Infinix Note 3 cell phone valued at N75,000 from his pocket and ran away.

    Zannah said the complainant raised alarm which attracted people and the convict was caught, but his partner escaped with the phone.

    The prosecutor said the convict confessed to the crime during police investigation, adding that the offences contravened sections 79 and 287 of the Penal Code.

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