Peace Oladapo 
Aliyu Ibrahim, a 19-year-old trader was sentenced to one month in prison for stealing clothes worth N32,000.
The Jos Magistrates’ Court, Plateau State handed down the judgment on Friday, June 7, noting that the offence is punishable by the Plateau Penal Code Law.
The Prosecution Counsel, Insp Ijuptil Thawal, informed the court that the crime was reported to the Railway Police Station in Jos on May 4 by one Garba Mohammed.
The prosecutor stated that the defendant trespassed into the railway quarter and stole seven pieces of clothing before being apprehended.
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Magistrate Shawomi Bokkos tried and sentenced the offender after he pleaded guilty to the theft.
However, the magistrate offered the convict the alternative of paying a fine of N10,000.
