Nigeria: Artist Jailed for Receiving Stolen Property

4 February 2011

A 40-year-old artist, Umaru Adamu, was on Wednesday sentenced to two months imprisonment by an Abuja Magistrate's Court for receiving a stolen handset from one Christiana Garba.

Umar of Kurudu, Abuja, was convicted for theft and receiving stolen property, offences contrary to Sections 286 and 316 of the Penal Code.

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