Electrician jailed for stealing loudspeaker from Abuja Mosque

A Dei-Dei Grade I Area Court in Abuja on Wednesday sentenced a 27-year-old electrician, Abdullazeez Abdulkawil, to 12 months imprisonment for stealing a loudspeaker from a Mosque.

Abdulkawil, according to a report by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) pleaded guilty to criminal trespass and theft and begged the court for leniency.

The Judge, Malam Saminu Suleiman,  gave the convict an option to pay a fine of N60,000 and warned him to desist from committing crimes in the future.

Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Chinedu Ogada, told the court that the complainant, Sani Yusuf, of the same address, reported the matter at the Dutse Alhaji Police on April 30.

Ogada said the convict criminally trespassed into a Mosque in Dutse Makaranta, Abuja and stole a loudspeaker worth N30,000.

He said the defendant stole the loudspeaker and sold it for N2,000 to a scavenger.

The prosecutor said the offence contravened the provisions of Section 288 of the Penal Code.