{
  "id": 16297845,
  "title": "Girlfriends I stole for abandoned me - Convict",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/girlfriends-i-stole-for-abandoned-me-convict",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-24T06:17:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/10/24/my-girlfriends-i-stole-to-buy-phones-for-abandoned-me-says-convict/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A convict from Adamawa State has revealed how he stole N700,000 to purchase mobile phones for his girlfriends, only for them to desert him after he was jailed for the crime. Suleiman Idi, a 25-year-old man from Ngurore in Yola South Local Government Area, is currently incarcerated at Yolde Pate Correctional Centre, where he shared his harrowing tale with the media. Idi was apprehended in June 2026 and, on June 22, 2026, he was sentenced to six years in prison by the Ngurore Area Court. On Friday, October 23, 2026, the Adamawa State Jail Delivery Committee reduced his sentence to two years. Idi, during his arraignment before the committee, confessed to the theft and admitted to purchasing two mobile phones for his girlfriends, Aisha and Asabe, who reside in Ngurore. Feeling remorseful for resorting to theft to please his girlfriends, Idi expressed his disappointment that neither of them had visited him in prison or shown any support.",
  "summary": "A convict in Adamawa State has narrated how he stole N700,000 to buy handsets for his girlfriends only for them to abandon him when he was sent to jail over the theft. The 25-year-old man, Suleiman Idi from Ngurore in Yola South Local Government Area, is serving a jail term at the Yolde Pate Correctional […] Girlfriends I stole for abandoned me - Convict",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}