A 28-year-old cleaner, Moses Azenbe has been sentenced to two years in a correctional centre for stealing an armour cable by a Central Area Court sitting in Kasuwan Nama in Jos, on Tuesday
A panel of two Magistrates, Ghazali Adam and Hyacinth Dolnaan, sentenced the convict after he pleaded guilty.
The panel however gave him an option of N15, 000 fine.
The panel said that the judgement would serve as a deterrent to those who would want to indulge in such criminal act.
Earlier, the Prosecutor, Ibrahim Gokwat, told the court that the case was reported on Nov. 2, at the Laranto Police Station by Nwosu Uwaezuoke.
Gokwat said that during police investigation, the armour cable was recovered from the convict.
The prosecutor said that the offence was punishable under