A Mararaba Grade 1 Area Court, Aso Pada in Nasarawa State, on Wednesday remanded a student, Udoh Ashukwu,25, in prison custody for stealing a handset.
Ashukwu who resides at Aso Pada, Mararaba was arraigned on a one-count charge of theft.
The accused pleaded guilty and begged for leniency.
“I pray the court to have mercy on me. I will never steal again as I have learnt my lesson,’’ the accused told the court.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Cpl. Friday Adaji, told the court that one Samuel Ikenna of Behind Aso A Mararaba, lodged a complaint against the accused at the Aso Pada Police Station on Nov. 9.
Adaji said that on Oct. 24, at about 2p.m. the complainant said that the accused attacked him with a knife and stole his money.
The prosecutor said that the accused collected N3,500 and a tecno cell phone valued at N13,500 from the complainant and ran away.
According to him, the accused was seen and arrested on Nov. 9.
Adaji said that the offence contravened section 288 of the Penal Code.
The Presiding Judge, Mr Albert Maga, after listening to the prosecutor and Ashukwu, ordered that the accused be remanded in prison custody.
“You are to be remanded in Keffi Prison till Nov. 19, for ruling,’’ Maga ordered.
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