A 26-year-old man, Philip John, is to spend the next 90 days in jail for stealing a phone.
A Karmo Grade I Area Court, Abuja, handed down the sentence on Tuesday.
The judge, Mr. Abubakar Sadiq, said the court had no option than to sentence the accused since he had pleaded guilty to the charge.
He, however, gave the convict an option of N5,000 fine and advised him to be of good behaviour and desist from crime.
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John of Utako Village in the FCT was tried for stealing to which he pleaded guilty.
Earlier, Police Prosecutor Dalhatu Zannah told the court that the incident was reported by the complainant, David Bature, also of Utako Village at Utako Police Station on April 10.
Zannah said on April 3 the accused came to the complainant’s barber’s shop looking for a job, and while he was trying to interview him, he gave his phone to one of his boys to download music for him.
“The accused smartly collected the phone and absconded.”
Zannah said the accused was later arrested on April 12 and handed over to the police to whom he had confessed selling the phone for N15, 000 to a man, Rabiu Anka.
The offences violated Section 287 of the Penal Code. (NAN)
