A Grade 1 Area
Court in Karu, Abuja, on Tuesday sentenced one Kabiru Ali, 20, to eight months
imprisonment for stealing his employer’s power generating set.
The convict,
resident of Karu Village, was arraigned for the offences of criminal breach of
trust and theft, which are punishable under section 312 and 289 of the Penal
code.
His
conviction followed his plea of guilt after the charges were read to him. He,
however, pleaded for mercy.
In
sentencing him, the Judge, Mr Hassan Ishaq, however, gave an option of N20, 000
as fine.
Ishaq also
ordered the convict to pay the sum of N 55, 000 to the complainant as
compensation for the stolen generator.
He said that
the compensation should be paid through the court for the purpose of
record-keeping.
Earlier, the
Prosecutor, Mrs Helen Ashasim, had told the court that Mr Abubakar Umar of Karu
village reported the matter at Karu Police Station on Aug. 20.
She said
that on the said date, the wife of the complainant called him in the evening
while he was away from home that their generator was missing from where it was
housed.
The
prosecutor added that it was discovered during police investigations that the
convict, who was employed to safeguard the premises of the complainant, was the
one who stole the generator.
She informed
the court that the convict confessed to the police that he connived with one
Musa, presently at large, to carry out the theft.
Ashasim
stated that all efforts to recover the generator, valued at N55, 000, proved
abortive.
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