An Area Court in Jos on Friday, Dec. 1, sentenced a 23-year-old student, David Longji, to three months imprisonment for stealing solar panel.
The judge, Shawomi Bokkos, sentenced Longji after he pleaded guilty to theft.
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Bokkos, however, gave him an option to pay N20,000 as fine.
Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Inspector Ibrahim Gokwat told the court that the case was reported on October 16 at the Anglo-Jos police station by one Livinus James, the complainant.
The prosecutor said that the convict stole the solar panel from a company and was caught while trying to sell it.
Gokwat said that the offence contravened the provisions of the Plateau Penal Code.
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