Scavenger to spend 12 months behind bars for destroying AEDC transformer fence, stealing
A Grade I Area Court in Abuja on Monday sentenced a scavenger, Awal Abdullahi, to 12 months imprisonment for destroying Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC)’s transformer fence and stealing.
The police charged Abdullahi, 22, of Chikakore junction Byazhin, Abuja with mischief and theft.
Abdullahi pleaded guilty to the charge and begged for leniency.
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The Judge, Sulyman Ola, gave the convict an option to pay a fine of N40,000.
He also ordered the convict to pay N50, 000 compensation for the damaged fence.
The Judge warned the convict to desist from committing crimes.
Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Chinedu Ogada, told the court that the convict committed the offence on August 1 and was caught and brought to the Kubwa Police for proper investigation.
Ogada said that on the same date at about 6:00 am the convict criminally and maliciously broke into the AEDC transformer fence worth N 50,000 and stole the transformer cover.
He said that during police interrogation and investigation, the convict could not give a satisfactory account of his action.
The prosecutor said the transformer covers were recovered from the convict and the offence contravened the provisions of sections 327 and 287 of the Penal Code.
