An 18-year-old man Promise Happy has been sentenced to three years imprisonment by a magistrate court in Enugu State for stealing a mobile phone in the state, following his arrest at about 7 p.m. on March 8, 2024 at Christ Chemist Roundabout in Enugu and subsequent arraignment
Penpushing reports Enugu State Police Command Public Relations Officer Daniel Ndukwe made this known on Thursday, explaining that the convict was arrested after snatching an Android phone from a passenger in a moving mini bus.
The police spokesperson a deputy superintendent of police said investigation revealed that the convict who hails from Ozonogogo in Agbor Local Government Area of Delta State, had been on the police criminal watch list for similar offences.
Penpushing further reports that Ndukwe said the convict who resides in New Garriki Market, Awkunanaw, a community in Enugu South Local Government Area of Enugu State, confessed to the crime during interrogation
The statement added that Happy explained that he and his fleeing gang members had been into phone stealing since 2022, adding that a blue-coloured Redmi Android mobile phone, which the convict snatched, was later recovered from him.
“Upon conclusion of investigation, the suspect was today (yesterday) 14 March 2024 arraigned in Enugu North Chief Magistrate Court of Enugu State, and sentenced to three years imprisonment’, Ndukwe stated.
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