Man Sentenced to 28months in Prison for Stealing 4 Litres of Palm Oil
By Olorunfemi Ojo with Agency report
A Grade 1 Area Court in Aso Pada, Mararaba, Nasarawa State, yesterday sentenced an applicant, David Johnson, to 28 months in prison for stealing four litres of
palm oil valued at N1, 500.
Prosecutor, PC Friday Adaji, had told the court that Nasiru Mohammed of Tudun Wada
Mararaba, reported Johnson for stealing his palm oil.
The convict according to the prosecutor entered Mohammed’s shop at Tudun Wada while he was eating and stole the oil before he was caught.
Thereafter, Adaji said, the victim reported the matter at the ‘A’ Division Police Station, Mararaba, on March 31.
The Presiding Judge, Mr Albert Maga, did not waste time in sentencing the accused who pleaded guilty as charged.
The judge however, gave the convict an option of N5,000 fine.