28-Year Old Student Jailed For Stealing N1.1m In Jos
The Kasuwan Nama Upper Area Court, Jos has sentenced a 28-year-old
student, Shamsudeen Suleiman, to one year imprisonment for breaking
into a house and stealing N1.1million.
The judge, Yahaya Mohammed, said the punishment would serve as
deterrent to those who may contemplate committing crime. Mohammed also
ordered the convict to pay back N650, 000 to the complainant as
restitution, adding that the court was lenient in its judgment because
the convict was a first offender.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Abubakar Musa, told the court that a case of
theft was reported on Dec. 19 2018, at the Nigeria Security and Civil
Defence Corps, Plateau Command, by one Junaidu Ibrahim. Musa said that
the convict, a resident of Nassarawa Gwon, broke into the house of the
complainant and took a box containing N1.1million.
On his arraignment, Suleiman pleaded guilty to the two- count charge
which the prosecutor said contravened Sections 287 and 254 of the Penal
Code.
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