Crime
A Grade I Area Court, Mpape, Abuja, on Thursday, sentenced an electrician, Ige Oremogume, to 10 months in correctional centre for property theft.
The Judge, Salihu Ibrahim, sentenced Oremogume, 40, after he had pleaded guilty to breaking into the complainant’s house and stealing his property.
Ibrahim, however, gave the convict an option to pay a fine of N10, 000.
He, however, granted a N250, 000 bail to another suspect, Jacob Idowu, who pleaded not guilty to the offence.
Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Edwin Ochayi, told the court that the case was reported at Mpape police station by one Ilufoye of the DSS headquarters, Abuja, on Nov. 24.
Ochayi said the convict and Idowu, 35, conspired, broke into the complainant’s house and stole a plasma television set, television decoder and two jerry cans of red oil.
The prosecutor said the offence contravened Sections 346 and 287 of the Penal Code.
NAN
– Dec. 12, 2019 @ 17:19 GMT |
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