Nigeria: Scavengers Bag Three Months Imprisonment for Theft

A Kuje Upper Area Court, FCT, on Friday sentenced two scavengers, Hassan Bala, 19, and Usman Sani,20, to three months imprisonment each for criminal trespass and theft.

The presiding officer, Mr Abdulkareem Abdulahi, however, gave them an option to pay N500 fine each or remain in Kuje prison for three months.

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