Edo: Vandal bags two-year jail term for transformer theft

A two-count vandalism case involving the destruction of a 200KVA transformer has ended with the conviction and sentencing of Abubakar Dauda to two years’ imprisonment by the Oredo Magistrate Court II, Benin City.
Dauda was convicted on August 4 after pleading guilty to charges of conspiracy and stealing.
He was arrested after vandalising the Amusement Park 200KVA transformer in the Country Home area of Benin City and handed over to the New Etete Police Station on July 12.
He was arraigned on July 14 and remanded in custody before his re-arraignment and guilty plea on August 4.
The prosecutor told the court that the vandalism by Dauda and his accomplices, who are still at large, pl...