23-YEAR OLD WELDER JAILED FOR STEALING GARRI

Mararaba Grade 1 Area Court at Aso Pada, Nasarawa State, on Monday sentenced a 23-year-old welder, Usman Abubakar, to 18 months imprisonment for stealing a bag of garri.

Abubakar, who resides at Shopping Centre Mararaba, was sentenced on one-count of theft.

The judge, Mr Albert Maga, sentenced the convict after he pleaded guilty to the crime and begged for leniency.

The convict said that hunger led him to crime.

“It was hunger that led me to do it, I have stayed without food for days and I needed money to buy food.

“Have mercy on me and I promise never to do it again,’’ he pleaded.

The judge, however, gave the convict N5,000 option of fine.

Earlier, the prosecutor, Agabi Auta, told the court that one Anjenu John of Aku village, Mararaba, reported the matter at the ‘A’ Divisional Police Headquarters Mararaba on Aug. 25.