A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday sentenced Rabiu Yusuf to 16 weeks imprisonment for stealing two iPhones valued at N678,000.
Magistrate Ibrahim Emmanuel noted that Yusuf could not provide a reasonable explanation for his actions.
The magistrate warned him to refrain from criminal activities, cautioning that future offenses would attract harsher penalties.
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Yusuf, a resident of Ali Akilu Road, Kaduna, was convicted of criminal conspiracy and theft, to which he pleaded guilty.
According to the prosecutor, Inspector Chidi Leo, the incident occurred on September 13 at Kurmin Marshi, Kaduna. Yusuf, along with two accomplices still at large, entered the complainant Zainab Salisu’s shop under the guise of purchasing clothing materials and stole two iPhones that were charging at the time.
“It was later discovered through a CCTV camera that it was the defendant who stole the phones,” the prosecutor said.
He added that the phones were traced and the defendant was arrested at his resident with the said stolen phones.
Leo said the offence contravened the provisions of Penal Code of Kaduna State, 2017.
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