By Blessing Ibegbu
Abuja – A Grade 1 Area Court, Karu, FCT, on Friday sentenced a 25-year-old Isiaka Ibrahim to one year imprisonment for stealing a generator worth N120,000.
The Judge, Sani Mohammed, however, gave Ibrahim, resident of Wuse 2, Abuja, an option of N30,000 fine.
He warned the convict to desist from committing crime.
The convict, who had pleaded guilty to the charges, urged the court to temper justice with mercy, promising that he would never commit crimes again.
Earlier, the Prosecutor, Vincent Osuji, had told the court that one Charles Isah of Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), Wuse 2, Abuja, reported the matter at Maitama Police Station, Abuja, on Jan. 10.
Osuji said that the complainant alleged that on same date, the convict stole his generator valued at N120,000.
He also informed the court that the convict was caught in the act and that during police investigation, he confessed to committing the crime.
The prosecutor said the offence contravened the provisions of Sections 348 and 288 of the Penal Code.