A 31-year-old labourer, Abubakar Usman, on Monday received six strokes of the cane for stealing two generators in Gwarinpa, Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The police charged Usman, who resides in Gwarinpa, Abuja, with joint act, criminal trespass and theft.
The prosecutor, Chinedu Ogada, told the court that the complainant, Akpen Justice, reported the matter at the Gwarinpa Police Station, on July 26
Ogada said the convict and one other person now at large, criminally trespassed into Plot 489, 24 Crescent 2nd Avenue Gwarinpa, where the complainant is a security guard and stole two fireman generator brands from the compound.
He added that during the police investigation the convict made a confessional statement and the two stolen generators were recovered from him.
The offence, he said, contravened the provisions of sections 79, 348 and 288 of the Penal Code.
Delivering judgment, Gambo Garuba, an Upper Area Court judge in Zuba, Abuja, sentenced Usman after he pleaded guilty to the charge and bagged the court for leniency.
Garuba charged the convict to desist from committing crime.
