A Nigerian citizen identified as Saidu Ahmadu has been sentenced to three weeks in prison by a Karmo Grade I Area Court in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Tuesday for housebreaking and theft of a light bulb.
WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that Ahmadu was sentenced to prison by the Judge, Alhaji Inuwa Maiwada without an option of fine after he had pleaded guilty to the charge of house breaking and theft.
The convict who is a resident of Lagos Street Gwagwa, Abuja was arraigned by the police for house breaking and theft.
The Prosecution Counsel, Idiomatic Ukagha, told the court that one Umar Shuaibu of Idu, by Chief’s palace Karmo, Abuja, reported the case at the Utako Police Station, FCT on Nov. 21.
Ukagha informed the court that the convict with others still at large broke into the complaint’s house and stole a light bulb.
The counsel further said that during police investigation, the convict admitted that he had been stealing people’s property at Karmo.
He said the offences contravened Sections 76, 245 and 288 of the Penal Code Law.