A Kado Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, has sentenced a 22-year-old driver, Daniel Evans, to four months imprisonment for stealing car battery.
The judge, Alhaji Ahmed Ado, however, gave the convict an option of N5, 000 fine.
Ado advised the convict to desist from committing crime, adding that the sentence would serve as deterrent to other would-be offenders.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Evans, who resides at Mpape Karmo, Abuja, was convicted on a one count charge of theft.
The convict pleaded guilty to the charge, but urged the court to temper justice with mercy.
He said he stole the car battery because his was bad and he had no money to buy another.
The prosecutor, Judith Obatomi, had earlier told the court that one Samuel Fisayo of Life Camp, Abuja, reported the matter at the Life Camp Police Station on September 11.
Obatomi said the convict stole the complainant’s car battery, valued at N45, 000, on September 9.
The prosecutor added that Evans confessed to the crime during police investigation and begged for mercy.
Obatomi said the offence was punishable under Section 287 of the Penal Code. (NAN)
