A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Thursday, sentenced a scavenger, Gadafi Bala, to one month in prison for stealing pipes.
Bala, 28, of Dakwa in Niger State, was sentenced on a three-count charge of criminal trespass, mischief and theft.
The presiding officer, Abubakar Sadiq, gave the sentence after Bala pleaded guilty to the charge.
Sadiq, who did not give the convict any fine option, warned him against committing crimes after his prison term.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Florence Avhioboh, told the court that the matter was reported at Gwagwa Police Station, Abuja, by Meshack Yakubu of Saburi, Abuja, on Sept. 29.
Avhioboh said Bala criminally trespassed into an uncompleted building where Yakubu work as security guard on the same date at about 2 a.m. and stole water pipes.
She added that the convict intentionally went to the uncompleted building and stole the installed water pipes but was caught in the process.
She said the convict had admitted committing the offence, even though some of the pipes valued N5,000 were damaged.
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