A Jos Higher Space Court docket in Kasuwan Nama, on Monday, sentenced Shedrack Wilson, 22, to at least one 12 months imprisonment for stealing a cell phone.
The Decide, Daniel Damulak, convicted Wilson after pleaded responsible to the one-count cost of theft and begged the court docket for leniency.
Damulak, nevertheless, gave the coed an possibility of N20,000 positive, in accordance with NAN.
The prosecutor, Ibrahim Gowkat, had informed the court docket that the case was reported on the A Division Police station, Jos, on January 31, by one Joseph Okopi.
The complainant mentioned Wilson, who resides at Gada Biu, dipped his hand into his parked automobile and picked an iPhone 6 valued at N108,000.
His alarm attracted individuals close by who chased and apprehended the perpetrator.
Gowat added that the offence contravened part 272 of the Plateau State Penal Code regulation of Northern Nigeria.
Pupil jailed for stealing telephone