Nigeria: Court Imprisons Minor for Stealing Blackberry Phone

16 June 2014

Abuja - An FCT Senior Magistrates' Court in Karu on Monday sentenced a 16-year-old boy (name withheld) to seven days imprisonment for stealing a Blackberry phone worth N50,000.

The minor, who lived at Karu village, was arraigned by the police before Senior Magistrate Sharon Tanko on a one-count charge of theft.

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