A Grade 1 Area Court in Lugbe, Abuja, has sentenced a 26-year-old labourer, Tile Dominic, to eight weeks in prison for stealing wire.
The convict, who pleaded guilty to the charge, was sentenced by Judge Malam Aliyu Kagarko.
However, Judge Kagarko offered Dominic an option of paying a N20,000 fine.
The prosecutor, Mr. E. A. Nnamani, informed the court that Dominic, a resident of New Nyanya in Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, stole one roll of 1.5mm wire belonging to a man identified as Mr. Johnson on March 28.
Dominic attempted to steal more wire on March 29 but was apprehended.
The theft was reported at the Lugbe Police Station by Mr. John Ogbache
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