A Magistrates Court in Zaria, Kaduna State, has sentenced one Kennedy Gambo to one-year imprisonment without the option of a fine for attempting to vandalise a power transformer belonging to Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company.
However, Gambo, who admitted to the crime, said he wanted to hug the transformer to aid his suicide bid.
The Chief Magistrate, Umar Bature, however, informed him that suicide is, itself, a crime, as the Nigerian constitution forbids it.
Gambo, who was also arraigned on other charges, was sentenced to six-month imprisonment for trespassing, with the option of N5,000 fine; and another six-month imprisonment for mischief, also with a N5,000 option of fine.
The Kaduna Electric’s Head of Corporate Communication, Abdulazeez Abdullahi, while reacting to the judgment, said the company was pleased with the outcome and hoped that it would serve as a deterrent to other miscreants.
He commended the efforts of security agents, including men of the Nigeria Police and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, in tackling the menace of vandalism in the state.
Abdullahi also called on communities to get involved, by keeping watchful eyes on transformers in their neighbourhoods and reporting suspicious movements around such to security agencies.
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