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A Makurdi Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday sentenced a 27-year-old carpenter, Oryiman Terkimbi, to 18 months in prison for burgling a restaurant. The convict, residing behind Bandico Hotel in Wadata area of Makurdi, pleaded guilty to the offence. The Magistrate, Mrs Eunice Ndaiyo, thereafter sentenced the carpenter. The prosecutor, Insp. Inedu Friday, told the court that the case was reported on July 17 by one Mercy Dominic, who lives near Dele Bookshop, Wadata. According to the prosecutor, the convict broke into Dominic’s restaurant located on Naka Road in Benue, and made away with some items …