A Jos Upper Area Court in Kasuwan Nama, on Thursday, sentenced a 23-year-old furniture maker, Umar Aliyu, to 10 months’ imprisonment for causing grievous hurt and stealing.
The Judge, Irene Pati, handed down the sentence following Aliyu’s guilty plea to a two-count charge of theft and causing grievous hurt.
He had pleaded for leniency.
Pati sentenced him to five months’ imprisonment for stealing, with an option of N20, 000 fine.
The judge sentenced Aliyu to three months’ imprisonment for causing grievous hurt, with N10, 000 fine option.
She also ordered the convict to pay N61,800 as compensation to the complainant, Muazu Ibrahim, and N10,000 for the complainant’s treatment.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Insp Monday Dabit, told the court that Ibrahim, a resident of Ali Kazaure, Jos, reported the case to the police on Jan. 1.
The prosecutor said that on Dec. 31, 2021, the defendant and others at large attacked Ibrahim at West of Mines while he was waiting with three friends to board a vehicle.
Dabit said that the defendant and the others forcefully collected Ibrahim’s wallet containing N10,000 and his Samsung Galaxy phone worth N37, 000, as well as his Itel phone worth N4, 500.
The prosecutor added that Aliyu brought out a knife and stabbed the complainant in the mouth and neck, causing him injuries.
Dabit said that the offences contravened Sections 59, 221 and 272 of the Plateau Penal Code, Law.