Bello Jamilu, 28, was sentenced to 10 months in prison on Thursday by a Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court for stealing a Bajaj motorcycle worth N230,000.
A one-count theft charge was brought against Jamilu, a resident of Kaduna’s Ali Akilu Road.
Jamilu was given a sentence by Magistrate Ibrahim Emmanuel after pleading guilty to the crime and pleading for leniency.
Emmanuel, however, gave the convict an option of N10,000 and ordered him to write an undertaking not to commit any crime again.
He warned him to desist from a life of crime as the court will not be lenient with him again if he commits another offence.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Insp. Chid Leo, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on Oct. 12 in the Kinkinau area of Kaduna.
He said the defendant stole the Bajaj motorcycle with registration number LSD 764 QJ, belonging to one Suleiman Gambo.
According to him, the defendant trespassed into the complainant’s house while he was away and stole the motorcycle.
Leo added that the defendant was caught with the said motorcycle by the complainant’s son and handed over to the police.
“The offence contravened Section 271 of the Kaduna State Penal Code 2017,” the prosecutor said.