On Friday, a Jos Magistrates’ Court sentenced merchant Aliyu Ibrahim, 19, to one month in jail for stealing clothing valued at N32,000.
Having entered a guilty plea to theft, Magistrate Shawomi Bokkos swiftly tried and sentenced the prisoner.
However, the magistrate offered the guilty party the choice to pay a fine of N10,000.
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Previously, the prosecution’s attorney, Inspector Ijuptil Thawal, informed the court that Garba Mohammed reported the case on May 4 at the Railway Police station in Jos.
Before being apprehended, the prosecutor said that the prisoner had broken into the railway quarter and taken seven articles of clothes.
He claims that the Plateau Penal Code Law penalises the offence. (NAN)
