After he appealed guilty to stealing
a motorcycle, a 27-year-old
man, Obinna Kingsley, was on Monday sentenced to 60 days in prison by an Upper
Area Court sitting in Masaka, Nasarawa State.Kingsley, who lives in Nyanya
Gwandara in Nasarawa, was tried for criminal trespass and theft.He
pleaded guilty to the two counts.The judge, Yakubu Ishaku, who handed down the
verdict on Monday, gave the convict an option to pay N10,000 fine.
“Based on the voluntary admission of guilt and plea for leniency by
the convict, I hereby sentence him to two months imprisonment.“The punishment
will serve as a deterrent to youths who have chosen the life of crime, instead
of facing their studies or look for work to do,” he said.
He said the punishment would have been stiffer if the convict has
had any previous record of conviction and urged him to desist from committing
crime.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Kingsley, had pleaded
with the court to temper justice with mercy.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Sgt. Frank Swem told the court that on
Aug. 7, Kabiru Ismaila, of same address with the accused, lodged a complaint
against Kingsley at the Divisional Police Headquarters, Masaka.
Swem said on the same date at 5.30 a.m, the complainant woke up and
discovered that his motorcycle valued at N75, 000 had disappeared.
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