{"id":23970,"date":"2024-03-20T11:21:42","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T11:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=23970"},"modified":"2024-03-20T11:21:42","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T11:21:42","slug":"labourer-receives-15-month-prison-term-for-mosque-theft-in-abuja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/03\/20\/labourer-receives-15-month-prison-term-for-mosque-theft-in-abuja\/","title":{"rendered":"Labourer Receives 15-Month Prison Term for Mosque Theft in Abuja"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Abuja, a 36-year-old labourer, Terkaa Akishi, has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for stealing two Qurans and a cell phone from a mosque in the Asokoro area.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Grade 1 Area Court in Lugbe handed down the verdict on Tuesday, March 19, after finding Akishi guilty of trespass and theft. Though given the option to pay a fine of N40,000, Akishi opted for the prison sentence.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The prosecution, led by Mr. Emeka Ezeganya, revealed that Akishi unlawfully entered the mosque and stole the items, which were later recovered during police investigations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The severity of the sentence highlights the court&#8217;s stance against theft and trespassing, particularly within religious premises, serving as a deterrent to potential offenders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Abuja, a 36-year-old labourer, Terkaa Akishi, has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for stealing two Qurans and a cell phone from a mosque in the Asokoro area. &nbsp; The Grade 1 Area Court in Lugbe handed down the verdict on Tuesday, March 19, after finding Akishi guilty of trespass and theft. Though [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":24004,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23970"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23970\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24005,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23970\/revisions\/24005"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}