A Karu Grade I Area court, Abuja, on Thursday sentenced three friends to six months imprisonment each for stealing a cell phone worth N85,000.
The judge, Abdullahi Jibrin, sentenced Ebuka Mbani, Abdul Ahmed and Mohammed Abubakar following their guilty plea for joint act and theft.
Jibrin, however, gave the convicts an option to pay a fine of N10,000 each.
He ordered them to pay N20,000 in compensation to the complainant.
The judge warned the three friends to desist from committing crimes.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Ayotunde Adeyanju, told the court that one Basset Ekong of Durumi, Abuja reported the matter at the Durumi Police Station on Dec. 10, 2019.
Adeyanju said that the complainant alleged that the three friends jointly conspired and stole his cell phone, valued at N85,000, power bank and N10,000 cash.
The prosecutor said that the phone was recovered from the convicts.
The offence, he said, contravened the provisions of sections 79 and 287 of the Penal Code.
Justice Jude Okeke of an FCT High Court on Thursday sentenced Chief Olusegun Runsewe, Director-General of the National Council of Art and Crafts to prison for contempt of court.
Okeke delivered ruling in a motion seeking to commit Runsewe to prison.
NAN reports that the motion was drawn from a suit filed by Ummakalif Ltd against the Minister, Federal Capital Territory, Federal Capital Development Authority, the Director General, National Council for Arts and Culture, and the Minister for Culture and Tourism, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th defendants respectively.
The motion dated June 21, 2019, was brought pursuant to Order 47 rule 10 sub-rules 1, 2 and 3 of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory Civil Procedure Rules 2018 asked for the court to commit Otunba Olusegun Runsewe, the Director General of the 3rd defendant to prison for contempt of the order of court made on Dec. 15, 2017.
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