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Security man jailed 3 months for stealing 2 necklaces

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Prison

Jos, March 21, 2017 (NAN) A Jos Chief Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday sentenced a 29-year-old security man, Samson Williams, to three months in prison, for stealing two necklaces and a face-cap valued at N6, 500.

Williams, who resides behind Police Field, Jos, was charged with theft.

The magistrate, Mrs. Oluwatoyin Mafuyai, sentenced the convict after he pleaded guilty to the crime and begged the court for leniency.

The convict, in his plea, blamed hunger and the “devil” for his actions.

“It was hunger that made me do it; I was very hungry and wanted something to eat.

“I have not been paid salary for two months and wanted to sell the items so that I can have small money.

“It is the work of the devil, have mercy on me. I will not do it again,” he pleaded.

The magistrate, in her sentence, however, gave the convict a fine option of N3,000.

She said that the sentence was meant to serve as a deterrent to those who might want to engage in similar acts.

Earlier, the police prosecutor, Mr Yongu Terngu, had told the court that one Eunice John, who said she was a resident of Popular Hotel, Jos, reported the matter at the ‘A’ Division police station, on March 11.

Terngu alleged that the accused person went into the complainant’s hotel room, while she was away, and removed two necklaces and a face-cap all valued at N6, 500.

“The accused person was apprehended at the police field and when a search was conducted on him, the items were found on him,” he said.

The prosecutor further alleged that a mobile phone, a phone battery and a power bank, suspected to be stolen items, were also recovered from Williams.

He said that the offence contravened section 288 of the Penal Code. (NAN)

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Judiciary

3 men jailed 40 months for stealing palm oil, phones

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Jail

Jos, March 14, 2017 (NAN) A Jos Chief Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday sentenced three men – David Bulus, 24, Adebayo Musa, 25, and Hafisu Ibrahim, 28 – to a total of 40 months in prison, for stealing palm oil.

Other items stolen by the convicts included phones and TV monitor, valued at N128,000, and N6,000 cash.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the first accused, Bulus, was charged with criminal trespass, house breaking and theft, while the second and third accused were charged with receiving stolen property.

The magistrate, Mr Jovita Binjin, sentenced the trio after pleading guilty to the crimes.

Binjin sentenced Bulus to 20 months in prison for the offences of trespass, house breaking and theft, while the second and third accused were jailed 10 months each, for receiving stolen property.

He, however, gave the first convict an option of N10,000 fine, while the second and third accused were given fine options of N5,000 each.

The magistrate said that the sentence was meant to serve as a deterrent to those who might want to engage in similar acts.

Earlier, the police prosecutor, Mr Shuaibu Mohammed, had told the court that one Ndubuisi Uche, resident at No. 38 Nabor, Nasarawa Gwom, reported the matter at the Nasarawa Gwom Police Station, on March 8.

Mohammed said that the first accused person, Bulus, broke into the complainant’s house and stole some items and listed them to include palm oil, a TV monitor, UPS, two phones, some scraps, and N6,000 cash.

The prosecutor told the court that Bulus later sold the stolen palm oil to one Hafiu Ibrahim, at the rate of N10,500, while the scraps were sold to one Adebayo Musa, at the rate of N2,500.

He said that the accused person sold the remaining items to two other persons, who had not been arrested.

“During police investigation, the accused persons pleaded guilty thereby running foul of sections 348, 346, 288 and 317 of the Penal Code,” he told the court. (NAN)

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