A fish dealer Abubakr Usman in Kado fish market of (FCT) Abuja, arraigned at A Grade 1 Area Court Karmo, was sentenced to six months imprisonment for joint act and extortion.
The suspect was arraigned on a two-count charge.
The Presiding Judge Abubakar Sadiq, however, did not give the the suspect any option of fine.
Sadiq said he must serve the punishment as deterrent to other would-be offenders and warned him to desist from committing crimes He warmed the suspect to focus on his business.
Before the judgement was delivered, the suspect had pleaded guilty to the charge and prayed the court to temper justice with mercy, saying that it was devil that pushed him to the act,he promised to be more dedicated to his fish business.
Earlier the prosecutor, Florence Auhioboh, told the court that one Ibrahim Buba of 4th Avenue Gwarimpa Estate Abuja, reported the matter at the Gwarimpa Police Station, on July 28.
Auhioboh said on that same date in Gwarimpa the suspect and one other person who is now at large attacked and threatened to kill him with a long sharp knife.They collected N7, 000 cash and one Techno phone valued N20, 000.
During police investigation, he confessed that his friend who is now at large is in possession of the stolen money.
The prosecutor said that the offence is punishable under sections 79 and 292 of the Penal Code