A Wuse Zone Six Chief Magistrates’ Court, Abuja on Thursday sentenced one Ugochukwu Ideba, 26, to five months imprisonment for stealing a car worth N8 million.
Magistrate Umar Dodo sentenced Ideba after he pleaded guilty and begged the court for leniency.
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Dodo sentenced him to five months imprisonment without an option of fine.
He said that the sentence would serve as deterrent to other would-be offenders.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Udo Okonko told the court that the convict was arrested on April 14, while attempting to steal a Toyota Venza car with registration number: ABJ655BX, in Kubwa, Abuja. READ ALSO:
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The prosecutor added that during interrogation, Ideba confessed to the crime.
According to the prosecutor, the offence contravened the provision of section 287 of the Penal Code
(NAN)