An Upper Area Court sitting in Kasuwan Nama in Jos, Plateau State on Friday sentenced a 19-year-old trader, Abdulbasi Mohammed, to one year imprisonment for stealing two cell phones.
Delivering judgment, the judge, Daniel Damulak, gave the convict an option of N30,000 fine after he pleaded guilty to the offence.
The judge said the punishment would serve as a deterrent to those who would want to indulge in such criminal acts.
Earlier, the prosecution counsel, Ibrahim Gokwat, told the court that the case was reported at the Divisional Police Headquarters, Laranto on December 8, 2020 by the complainants, Adam Idris and Abdullahi Ibrahim.
Gokwat said the convict collected a techno phone worth N36,000 and a Nokia phone from the complainants to make a call and he ran away with the two phones.
The prosecutor said the offence contravened the provisions of Section 272 of the Penal Code Law.
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