Court jails 2 men 6 months each for stealing phones in church
A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Tuesday
sentenced two men, Richard Christian and Komolafe Shegun, to six months
imprisonment each for stealing seven cell phones in a church. Christian and
Shegun, both 24, were arraigned on a two-count charge of conspiracy and
stealing, offences they admitted committing, and begged for leniency.
The judge, Abubakar Sadiq, however, gave each of
the convicts an option of N20, 000 fine and warned them to desist from
committing crime. Prosecutor Dalhatu Zannah, had told the court that the
convicts committed the offences on Feb. 2, at the Mountain of Fire Ministry
Church, Utako, Abuja.
He said that one Miceal Idikuiri of the Mountain
of Fire Ministry Church, Utako reported the matter at the Utako Police Station.
Zannah said the convicts dishonestly entered into the church premises at about
4:36 a.m. and stole the seven cell phones belonging to worshipers.
The
prosecutor said that the convicts admitted committing the offences during
interrogation. He said the offences contravened Sections 79 and 287 of the
Penal Code.
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