An Abuja Grade 1 Area Court, sitting in Kado, has sentenced a 28 year old scavenger, Kabiru Yunusa, to six months imprisonment for mischief and theft of engine parts valued at N75, 000.
The judge, Alhaji Ahmed Ado, handed down the sentence on Thursday.
He gave the convict an option of N6, 000 fine with a warning to desist from committing crimes.
The judge told him to go and work.
He said the punishment meted out to the convict would serve as deterrent to others.
Yunusa, who had pleaded guilty to the charges, prayed the court to temper justice with mercy, blaming the hard times for the crime he committed.
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Earlier, Police Prosecutor Judith Obatomi, told the court that the complainant, Etim Esong, of Mopol Quarters, Nyanya, Abuja, reported the case at Utako Police Station on August 6.
According to her, the accused was caught vandalising the complainant’s high capacity bus engine valued at N75, 000 and stole engine parts.
“The accused was caught in the act and the items were recovered from him,” he said.
The offence contravened Sections 288 and 327 of the Penal Code.
