Two men – Izzudden Mohammed and Ridwan Sa’id – who stole a phone worth N4,000, are to spend the next 14 days in prison, a Kano Magistrates’ Court ruled on Thursday.
Mohammed, 19, and Sa’id, 17, both residents of Badawa Quarters in Kano, were convicted after they were found guilty of a two-count charge of criminal conspiracy and theft.
Magistrate Zubair Inuwa, however, granted the convicts a fine of N2,000 each for conspiracy and N3,000 each for theft.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the convicts had pleaded guilty to the charges.
Earlier, the Police Prosecutor, Insp. Yakubu Galadima told the court that the case was reported by the complainant, Bilal Ali of Badawa Quarters, Kano at Badawa Police Station on May 13.
He said the convicts stole the phone inside a barber’s shop at Badawa Quarters, Kano.
“During police investigation, the phone was found on the men.”
The offences contravened Sections 97 and 287 of the Penal Code, Laws of the Federation.
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