By Alexandra Oladipo
Abuja – A Karmo Grade I Area Court, on Wednesday, sentenced a 32-year-old man, Mohammed Yakubu, to two months in prison for stealing a Samsung J1 mobile phone valued at N 45,000 in a bank.
The Judge, Alhaji Inuwa Maiwada, however, gave the convict an option to pay N3,000 fine and advised him to be of good behavior.
The convict, who resides in Gwagwalada Park area 1, Abuja, was arraigned, tried and convicted after he pleaded guilty to a count charge of theft.
The Prosecutor, Mrs Ukagha Ijeoma, had earlier told the court that one Aguodi Michael of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Utako, Abuja, on Nov. 8, reported the matter at the Utako Police Station.
Ijeoma said that the convict, while inside the bank at No. 32 Ekukam Street, Utako, stole a cell phone belonging to Michael.
She also said that during investigation the convict confessed to the crime.
The offence she said contravened Section 288 of the Penal Code.