A Magistrates’ Court in Jos has sentenced a 32-year-old trader, Chijioke Chinedu, to one year in prison for defrauding a man of four car tyres.
The court, presided over by Magistrate Shawomi Bokkos, handed down the sentence after the convict pleaded guilty to the charge.
Bokkos, in her ruling, offered Chinedu the option to pay a N20,000 fine to reduce his sentence to six months.
Additionally, he was ordered to compensate the victim with N108,000 or face an extra six…
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