A Grade I Area Court Karu, Abuja, on Wednesday, sentenced a 21-year old man, Nura Suleiman, to 15 months in prison for stealing five Abuja Electricity Distribution Company prepaid metres from resid...
A Grade I Area Court Karu, Abuja, on Wednesday, sentenced a 21-year old man, Nura Suleiman, to 15 months in prison for stealing fiveThe convict, who resides at Karu Site, Abuja, pleaded guilty to four counts of criminal trespass, mischief in relating to electricity and theft, but begged for leniency.who said there was no excuse for committing crimes warned the convict to change his ways.
“The complainant alleged that on same date, the convict trespassed into his compound at the above-mentioned address, deliberately damaged and stole his AEDC prepaid metre before he was caught and apprehended. “After he was arrested, four additional prepaid meters were found in the convict’s possession, which he confessed to have stolen from four different victims.
“However, the five AEDC prepaid metres were recovered from the convict, as he confessed to having committed the crime,” Osuji said.DOWNLOAD THE PUNCH NEWS APP NOW ON
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