A Magistrates’ Court in Minna yesterday sentenced a 26-yearold man,
Rabiu Umaru, to four months’ imprisonment or N10,000 fine for
house-breaking and theft. Umaru was arraigned in court on a three-count
charge of house-breaking and theft contrary to sections 347, 288 and 327
of the Penal Code.
The police prosecutor, Corporal Haruna Aze, told the court that one
Shaba Chado of Old Airport Quarters, Minna, reported the matter to ‘A’
Division Police Station, Minna, on August 5.
Aze said the complainant reported that the suspect of Limawa area,
Minna, broke into his shop and made away with two bags of metal iron, 57
kilo of copper wire and broke the glass of his car.
When the charges were read to the suspect, he pleaded guilty to the
crime of house-breaking and not guilty to that of theft. He said: “I am
guilty of trespassing into his house, but I did not steal anything from
the house.
Please forgive me.”In her ruling, the Magistrate, Hafsat Abdullahi,
said the suspect could not give the court any genuine reason for his act
and therefore sentenced him to four months’ imprisonment.
She said: “After listening to you, you could not show this court why
you should not be convicted of the crime; I therefore sentence you to
serve a prison term of four months with an option of N10,000 fine.”
NEW TELEGRAPH
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
-
Operating licences of 236 out of about 730 bureaux de change operating in Nigeria have been withdrawn by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CB... -
By Juliana Francis One thing became crystal clear at the passing out parade and commissioning of 385 members of the Cadet Officers bas... -
Seyi Gesinde reports the tragic death of Dr Myles Munroe, which occured aboard a plane which crashed while trying to land in The Baha...
No comments:
Post a Comment