20yr OId Man Sentenced To 90 Days Imprisonment For Stealing Church Toilet Door

(NAN) – An Abuja Magistrates' Court on Wednesday sentenced Awwalu Ali, to 90 days imprisonment for stealing a toilet door at the Calvary Faith Baptist Church, Life Camp, Abuja.

The Magistrate, Mr Abdullahi Illela, who convicted Ali, said that it would serve as a deterrent to others.

Illela, however, gave the convict an option to pay a fine of N2, 500.

Earlier, Prosecutor Simon Emmanuel told the court that one Adebiyi Laniyan of the Calvary Baptist Church reported the crime at the Life Camp Police Station on Aug. 24.

Emmanuel said that the convict broke into the church compound and removed the door to the toilet, but was arrested before he could escape with it.

The 20-year-old Ali of Dape village, pleaded guilty to the charge and urged the court to pardon him.

"I am a family man with a wife and two children; they will starve to death if I go to jail, please, have mercy on me, my Lord,'' he said.