A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Thursday, sentenced a passenger, Moriss Hussani to six months imprisonment for stealing a co-traveler’s goods while on a journey.
The judge, Mr Abubakar Sadiq, sentenced the convict after he pleaded guilty to a one count charge of stealing.
He, however, warned him to be of good behaviour and to desist from committing crime after serving his jail term.
The prosecutor, Mrs Florence Auhioboh, had told the court that on Feb. 15, one Christian Ojukwu of Godbless Ezenwata Motors Nigeria Ltd Utako, Abuja, reported the case at Utako Police Station.
Auhioboh said that on Feb. 14, the convict boarded their vehicle from Lagos to Abuja as a passenger.
He said the convict while on the journey, criminally and smartly opened another co-traveler’s bag, stole his goods and transferred them into his own bag without the consent of the owner.
The prosecutor said that during police investigation, he (Hussani) was arrested and admitted to committing the offence.
He said the offence contravened Section 288 of the Penal Code which stipulates five years imprisonment for theft with an option of fine or both. (NAN)
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