Court jails teenager 1 month for buying stolen diesel
A Grade 1 Area Court, Karmo, Life Camp, Abuja, on
Tuesday sentenced an 18-year-old boy, Musa Abdullahi, to one month imprisonment
for buying stolen diesel.
The Area Court judge, Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq, who
sentenced the convict after he pleaded guilty, however, gave him an option to
pay N5,000 as fine. Abubakar warned the convict to desist from committing
crimes, adding that the sentenced would serve as deterrent to others.
The
convict, who resides at Team Seven, Open Market Gwarimpa, Abuja, was convicted
on a one-count charge of receiving stolen property. Abdullahi had pleaded for
leniency and prayed the court to temper justice with mercy because he did not
know it was a stolen property.
The Prosecutor, Zannah Dalhatu, had told the
court that Achoku Bitrus and Adamu Caleb, both security men in Gwarimpa stole
the diesel. “They both confessed to stealing the diesel during interrogation at
the Gwarimpa Police Station on Aug. 21. “They also confessed that they sold the
diesel to Abdullahi. “This led to the arrest of the convict, who admitted
buying 50 litres of diesel valued N10, 000 for N7, 000 only,’’ he said.
The
prosecutor also said that during police investigation the diesel was recovered
from the Abdullahi. He said the offence contravened Section 317 of the Penal
Code.
Vanguard
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