Business
Man Jailed For Stealing Car Gearbox.
Jos Magistrates’ Court, on Wednesday, sentenced a
28-year-old businessman, Peter Sunday, to one-year imprisonment for stealing
vehicle parts valued at N200,000.
The Magistrate, Shawomi Bokkos, summarily sentenced
Sunday after he pleaded guilty to the charge.
Bokkos, however, gave the convict an option to pay
N30,000 and a compensation of N100,000 to the complainant.
The magistrate held that the punishment would serve as a
deterrent to other would-be offenders.
Earlier, the Prosecutor, Insp. Labaran Ahmed, told the
court that the case was reported on March 19, at the “B” Police station Bukuru
by one Stephen Dung, the complainant.
The prosecutor alleged that the convict had trespassed
into a mechanic workshop and stole the gearbox.
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