A Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Jos, on Friday sentenced a trader, Yasir Adam, to one year imprisonment for stealing food and house hold items worth N 141, 000.
The Chief Magistrate Joseph Chollom, sentenced Adam after he pleaded guilty to the charge.
Chollom however gave the convict an option to pay a fine of N50, 000.
The magistrate also ordered the convict to pay N141, 000 as compensation to the complainant, Jabiru Mohammed.
Earlier the Prosecution Counsel, Sgt. Karimu Bashiru told the court that the case was reported by Mohammed, who resides in Rayfield in Jos, at the Anglo Jos Police Station on Dec. 14, 2021.
He said the convict on Dec. 7, 2021 by 1.00 pm, in company of two others who are presently at large, broke into Mohammed’s house and stole ten liters of palm oil, one cartoon of pasta, a gas burner, a set of plates and spoons, a home theatre.
The police prosecutor said that the offence contravened the provisions of sections 59,336 and 272 of the Plateau Penal Code Law.(NAN).
