A Jos Magistrates’ Court presided over by Magistrate, Shawomi Bokkos, on Monday, 16 December, 2024 sentenced a 20-year old tailor, Ahmad Garba to three months imprisonment for stealing six shirts and six trousers.
Bokkos, who summarily tried and sentenced the convict after he pleaded guilty to the charge, ordered the convict to pay an option of N10, 000 fine or spend three months in prison.
Earlier, the Prosecutor, Inspector Ijuptil Thiawur, told the court that the case was reported on 17 November, 2024 at the “C” Division Police station by Usman Mohammed.
Thiawur said that the convict trespassed into the complainant’s house and stole six shirts and trousers and he was caught.
The police said that the offence contravened the Plateau Penal Code Law.
Source: NAN
