Judge pays N700 fine for convict
Presiding Judge of Grade 1 Area Court, Aso Pada, Albert Maga on Thursday paid N700 fine on behalf of a labourer, Victor Emmanuel, 18, sentenced for theft of cell phone.
The labourer had been earlier sentenced to four years imprisonment for criminal trespass and theft of a Blackberry Curve 7 cell phone by the judge after the accused pleaded guilty to the two-count charge preferred against him.
The presiding judge after given the convict an option of N700 fine paid onbehalf of the accused out of compassion and urged him to repent and get close to God