By Ugochi Ugochukwu
Abuja – A Karmo Grade I Area Court in Abuja on Friday sentenced a 20-year-old vagrant, Sani Abdulsamadu to six months in prison for destroying the windshield of a tricycle.
The Area Court Judge, Alhaji Inuwa Maiwada,convicted Abdulsamadu, whose address was not given, of mischief and theft.
Maiwada, however, gave the convict an option to pay a fine of N10, 000 fine and warned him to desist from committing such crimes.
He also ordered the convict to pay N16, 000 as compensation to the owner of tricycle.
Earlier, the Prosecuting Counsel, Mrs Ijeoma Ukagha, told court that a complainant, Shehu Abubakar of Angwan Hausa Jiwa, Abuja reported the matter at the Karmo Police Station on April 9.
She said that the convict mischievously damaged the windshield of a tricycle valued at N 16, 000.
Ukagha said the offence contravened the provisions of sections 287 and 327 of the Penal Code Law.