A young man identified as Dalhatu Saidu, who had escaped from police custody in handcuffs in Adamawa state has been convicted and sentenced to 4 years imprisonment.
The Upper Area Court 4 presided by Hon. Ibrahim Musa Ulenda, sentenced the convict after he was re-arrested and arraigned before him for theft and an escape from lawful custody.
Dalhatu, was slammed 1 year prison term for escaping from lawful custody and 3 years for theft with the sum of N10, 000 and N50, 000 options of fine respectively.
More so, the convict who hails from Sangere along Numan road, was ordered to pay the sum of N7, 000 compensation.
NEWS PLATFORM gathered that the convict criminally conspired with friends and stole 3 turkeys valued yet to be known on the 21st Sept. 2022.
After he was apprehended in connection to the offence, the convict broke the fence of the police outpost at Sangere and escaped with handcuffs valued N10, 000, and re-arrested after 6 days.
Upon his arraignment by the prosecutor, Inspector Coleman Micheal, the convict told the court that it was one Fulani herder who assisted him and broke the handcuffs after he had escaped into the bush.
He narrated that upon his return back home, he gave the handcuffs to his friend who later sold it to the scavenger.
Having admitted committing the offences, the convict was tried and sentenced accordingly following an application by the prosecutor, Inspector Inspector Coleman Micheal.
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