Trader bags six months imprisonment for receiving stolen cell phone in Abuja

By Yusuf Adua

One 29-year-old trader, Badaru Sani has been sentenced to six months imprisonment for receiving a stolen cell phone by a Grade I Area Court in Kubwa, Abuja, on Tuesday.

Judge Muhammad Adamu sentenced Sani who lives in Galadima, Abuja, after he pleaded guilty to the charge and begged the court for leniency and gave him an option to pay a fine of N10, 000.

News Live Nigeria understands that he did warn Sani to desist from committing crimes.

Prosecution Counsel, John Okpa told the court that the complainant, Patrick Emianfor reported a case of theft involving Yusuf Abdullahi at the Dutse Alhaji Police Station on July 28.

He added that upon police investigation, Abdullahi who stole the complainant’s cell phone valued N50, 000, confessed he sold it to Sani at N27, 500.

The prosecution counsel said Sani admitted to receiving the cell phone and sold it to his customer at N32, 000, adding that the offence contravened the provisions of Section 319 of the Penal Code.