A youngster named Kefas Dauda was given an eight-month prison term by a Kaduna State Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday for stealing a laptop and two cellphones.
Dauda, a resident of Kaduna’s Barnawa neighborhood, was accused of trespassing and theft.
Dauda was not given the option of a fine when he was sentenced by Magistrate Ibrahim Emmanuel after pleading guilty to the offence.
Additionally, he commanded the offender to return the stolen phones or pay Williams Timothy, the complainant, N237,450 in compensation.
The magistrate claimed that individuals who might desire to engage in the act would be discouraged by the ruling.
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Earlier, the complainant reported the incident to the Barnawa police station on September 29, according to the prosecution’s attorney, Chidi Leo.
Leo said that Dauda broke into the complainant’s home and took his business laptop, worth N450,000. Additionally, he broke into another home and took two phones worth N225,000.
He claimed that sometime in July of the same year, Dauda also broke into Shehu Hassan’s home in the same neighborhood and took his plasma television, which was worth N84,000 at the time.
According to the prosecution, Raymond, who is still at large, purchased all of the phones and televisions that Dauda had stolen.
The prosecution stated, “He was found in the neighborhood with the laptop, which was returned to the owner, but the phones and television were already sold.
He asserts that the Kaduna State Penal Code, 2017, Sections 98 and 217 are applicable to punish the offense.
