21-year-old man sentenced to one year in jail for stealing cable

It’s a lesson hard-learnt for 21-year-old Abubakar Sani who was today sentenced to 12 months in jail for stealing an armoured cable.

According to agency reports, Sani was sentenced in an Abuja Upper Area Court by Justice Adamu Wakili, but was also given an out – the option to pay a N6,000 fine to skip the harsher sentence.

Police prosecutor, Sgt. Ambi Ayuba, said Sani had confessed his guilt in the crimes during investigation and was charged with joint act and theft.

Ayuba told the court the crime had been reported at the Garki Police Station in Abuja on 26 March and the convict had not been acting alone.

Two other suspects, now at large, were with Sani when the trio went into the National Stadium in Abuja and stole the armoured cable, destroying it as they attempted to cut it off.