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Trader bags 6 months for stealing turkeys

An area court in Abuja on Wednesday sentenced a 20-year-old trader, Jamilu Abdullahi, to six months imprisonment for stealing two turkeys valued at N21,000.

The police arraigned Abdullahi of Madalla, Niger State, on a count charge of theft.

The Judge, Mr Sulyman Ola, however, gave the convict six months with an option of fine of N20,000 and ordered him to pay N21,000 as compensation to the complainant.

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Earlier, the prosecutor, Mr Chinedu Ogada, told the court that the complainant, Akor Anyebe, of Zuba Church Road, Abuja, reported the matter at the Zuba Police Station on April 2.

He said Ogada reported that on the same date the convict sneaked into his house and stole two turkeys valued at N21,000.

Ogada said during police interrogation and investigation the convict confessed to the crime, but that effort to recover the turkeys failed. (NAN)

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