FCT: Court jails mechanic for attempting to steal car

A Grade I Area Court in Nyanya Abuja, on Monday, sentenced an applicant, Abubakar Adamu, to six months imprisonment for attempting to steal a Toyota Highlander.

Delivering judgment, the judge, Yahaya Sheshi, gave Adamu an option to pay N10,000 fine after he pleaded guilty.

Earlier, the prosecution counsel, Stanley Nwaforaku, told the court that the complainant, Okobi Jacob, parked his Toyota Highlander at the FCDA parking lot and went into his office.

He said Adamu, used a master key with the intention to commit an offence of theft, adding that the police found the suspected master key at the scene of the crime.