Court jails repeat offender, 27, for snatching woman’s handbag
An FCT Area Court has sentenced 27-year-old Ibrahim Abdullahi to five months’ imprisonment for snatching a woman’s handbag.
The judge, Abubakar Sadiq, convicted Abdullahi following his guilty plea.
Sadiq ordered that the convict should serve his prison term at Suleja Prison.
The judge said he did not give the convict an option of fine, because he was not a first-time offender.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Dalhatu Zannah, told the court that on March 7, the police surveillance patrol team of the Utako Divisional Police Station arrested the convict.
Zannah told the court that the convict committed the offence at the same vicinity of his arrest and on the same date, at about 8:00pm on Jabi-Wuye road, Abuja.
He said the convict criminally attacked a woman at Jabi-Wuye road and forcefully snatched her hand bag containing valuable items.
Zannah said the complainant raised an alarm which attracted people around, and the convict was arrested by the patrol team.
“The police patrol team found on the accused, scissors, a black sharp horn and other dangerous weapons,’’ he said.
The prosecutor said during police investigation and interrogation, the convict confessed to the crime.
