Three vandals have been jailed for six months by a Federal High Court sitting in Dutse, Jigawa State.
The convicts are Kabiru M. Musa, Umar Adam Abdullahi, and Shafi’u Hamza.
They were arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC ) while vandalising solar security lights in Gujungu town, Taura local government, in March 2023.
The defendants were arraigned before Honorable Justice Hassan Dikko of the Dutse Division of the Federal High Court, Jigawa State on two counts of criminal conspiracy and tampering with electric fittings ( two ROY 12V/150Ah solar batteries and charge controller).
The crime is contrary to Section 97 of the Penal Code and Section 1(10) of the Miscellaneous Offences Act.
The defendants pleaded guilty to all counts of charges.
The presiding judge, Justice Dikko, thereafter convicted and sentenced them to six months imprisonment without an option of a fine.
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He equally ordered them to re-install the tampered properties.
Meanwhile, six persons were said to have died on Tuesday when the commercial bus conveying them rammed into a truck in Ogun State.
The incident happened at Car Park C, opposite the RCCG junction, along the Lagos-Ibadan highway.
The Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement (TRACE) Corps confirmed the road crash, which involved the Mazda bus with registration number EPE 440 YG.
TRACE spokesperson, Babatunde Akinbiyi, disclosed that the truck driver fled immediately he saw what happened.
Five male adults and one female adult died instantly in the crash, while six others sustained injuries.
Akinbiyi said the bodies were deposited at the Idera Morgue, Sagamu and Famobis Hospital, Mowe while the injured were taken to RCCG and Famobis hospitals, respectively.
The police command in the state is yet to confirm the incident as all attempts to reach the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Omolola Odutola have been abortive.