Labourer bags 6 months jail term for stealing loudspeaker in Hajj Camp

An Abuja Upper Area Court in Zuba, on Friday sentenced a 24-year-old labourer to six months imprisonment for stealing a loudspeaker from Hajj Camp in Gwagwalada, FCT.

The man, who resides in Bassa village, Gwagwalada, is charged with theft.

The Judge, Gambo Garba, sentenced him after he pleaded guilty to the charge and pleaded for leniency.

Garba, who gave him an option to pay a fine of N20, 000, warned him to desist from crims.

Earlier, the prosecution counsel,  Chinedu Ogada told the court that the convict committed the offence at the Hajj Camp  in Bassa, Gwagwalada, on March. 16.

He said that the man was handed over to the Airport Police Station for proper investigations.

Ogada said the convict is a labourer at the camp, trespassed into the camp warehouse where pilgrims lodge and stole one big loudspeaker worth N12, 000 with the intention to sell it to a scavenger

He said the convict admitted  to stealing and the loudspeaker was recovered.

Ogada said that the offence contravened the provisions of Section 287, of the Penal Code.