An Area Court in Jos on Friday, sentenced an unemployed man, Jonathan Dazong, to six months imprisonment for stealing one bag of maize.
The judge, Shawomi Bokkos, sentenced the convict after he pleaded guilty to theft.
The judge, however, gave the convict an option of N 30,000 fine.
He also ordered the convict to pay N70,000 to the complainant.
Earlier, the police prosecutor, Insp Daniel Damulak, told the court that the case was reported at the ‘B’ Division police station on Feb. 2, by Mr Solomon Gyang.
He said the convict trespassed into his house and stole one bag of maize worth N 70,000.
The prosecutor, further told the court that during police investigation, Dazong confessed to the crime.
The offence, he said, contravened the provisions of Section 286(1) of the Plateau Penal Code laws of Northern Nigeria. (NAN)
