An 18-year-old bus conductor, Haruna Yau has been sentenced to 12 months in prison by an Area Court sitting in Jos on Monday, for house breaking, stealing and arson.
Adam Sadiq and Hyacinth Dolnaan, the panel of two magistrates, who sentenced Yau, did not give him any option of fine.
Also, the convict was ordered to pay a compensation of N129,500 to the complainant.
According to them, the judgement would serve as deterrent to those who would want to indulge in such criminal acts.
The prosecution Counsel, Insp Monday Dabit told the court that the case was reported on Oct. 19 at the Mista Ali Police station by the complainant, Idris Zaka.
The prosecutor said that the convict trespassed into the complainant’s house, stole a sewing machine and set the house on fire.
The total cost of items set on fire was valued at N129,500, said the prosecutor.
The prosecutor also added that the offence is punishable under sections 329, 272 and 315 of the Plateau Penal Code Law.