A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Thursday sentenced one David Bassey, and Godwin Boniface, to eight months imprisonment each, for stealing a cell phone valued at N36, 000.
The judge, Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq, sentenced Bassey and Boniface, as they admitted committing the offence, but gave them N15,000 option of fine each.
Sadiq advised the convicts to desist from committing crimes, adding that the sentence would serve as deterrent to others.
Bassey and Boniface, were convicted on a two-count charge of joint act and theft.
The prosecutor, Zannan Dalhatu, had told the court that one Yusuf Adeyinka, of Rockberry Garden and Park, Abuja, reported the case at the Utako Police Station, Abuja, on April 2.
Dalhatu said on that same date, the convicts formed common intention and stole Itel cell phone, valued at N36, 000, from a table in the garden.
Dalhatu said during police investigation, the convicts confessed to the crime and the phone was recovered from them.
The prosecutor said that the offences were punishable under Sections 79 and 288 of the Penal Code. (NAN)