An Area Court in Jos has sentenced a 23-year-old student, David Longji to three months imprisonment for stealing  solar panel reports News Agency of Nigeria. 

The judge, Mr  Shawomi Bokkos, sentenced Longji after he pleaded guilty to theft.

Bokkos, however, gave him an option to pay N20,000 as fine.

Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Insp Ibrahim Gokwat told the court that the case was reported on Oct. 16 at the Anglo-Jos police station by one Livinus James , the complainant. 

The prosecutor said that the convict stole the solar panel from a company and was caught while trying to sell it .

Gokwat said that the offence contravened the provisions of the Plateau Penal Code.