A 20-year old Awwalu Ali has been
sentenced to 90 days imprisonment
for stealing a toilet door at the
Calvary Faith Baptist Church, Life
Camp, Abuja. The verdict has been read at
Abuja Magistrates' Court on August 28, 2013,
Wednesday.
Mr. Abdullahi Illela, the Magistrate, who
convicted Ali, said that it would serve as a
deterrent to others.
The Magistrate, however, gave the convict an
option to pay a fine of N2,500.
Simon Emmanuel, the Prosecutor, previously
told the court that one Adebiyi Laniyan of the
Calvary Baptist Church reported the crime at
the
Life Camp Police Station on August 24.
Emmanuel said that the convict broke into
the
church compound and removed the door to
the
toilet, but was arrested before he could
escape
with it.
Awwalu Ali of Dape village, pleaded guilty to
the
charge and urged the court to pardon him.
"I am a family man with a wife and two
children;
they will starve to death if I go to jail, please,
have mercy on me, my Lord," he said.