The man was said to have stolen caps, shoes, handset, and a radio, all totalling N54,500.
Court ordered that 24-year-old Friday Simon be given 10 strokes of the cane and 15 months’ imprisonment for stealing a generator.
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The defendant committed the offence sometime in January at Teju-Osho Shopping Complex, Yaba, Lagos.
The accused was arrested by a security man at the market when he went back in to steal more goods from the shop.
The convict smartly removed the complainant’s Tecno Pop IV phone valued N40,000 from his pocket but was caught immediately in the act and handed over to the police.
The Kasuwan Nama Upper Area Court in Jos has sentenced a 22-year-old footballer, Chimezie Friday, to two years’ imprisonment.
The accused was said to have taken rent money from nine people and converted it for personal use.
