A Grade 1 Area Court, Karmo, Life Camp, Abuja, on Tuesday sentenced an 18-year-old boy, Musa Abdullahi, to one month imprisonment for buying stolen diesel.

The Area Court judge, Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq, who sentenced the convict after he pleaded guilty, however, gave him an option to pay N5,000 as fine.

Abubakar warned the convict to desist from committing crimes, adding that the sentenced would serve as deterrent to others.

The convict, who resides at Team Seven, Open Market Gwarimpa, Abuja, was convicted on a one-count charge of receiving stolen property.

Abdullahi had pleaded for leniency and prayed the court to temper justice with mercy because he did not know it was a stolen property.

The Prosecutor, Zannah Dalhatu, had told the court that Achoku Bitrus and Adamu Caleb, both security men in Gwarimpa stole the diesel.

``They both confessed to stealing the diesel during interrogation at the Gwarimpa Police Station on Aug. 21.

``They also confessed that they sold the diesel to Abdullahi.

``This led to the arrest of the convict, who admitted buying 50 litres of diesel valued N10, 000 for N7, 000 only,’’ he said.

The prosecutor also said that during police investigation the diesel was recovered from the Abdullahi.

He said the offence contravened Section 317 of the Penal Code.

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