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Magistrates’ Court in Minna on Tuesday sentenced a 25-year-old
security guard,
Musa Isah, to three months imprisonment for stealing N500 from an accident
victim.
Isah was
arraigned on a count charge of theft, contrary to Section 287 of the Penal
Code.
The Police
Prosecutor, Insp. Gunduma Ibrahim, told court that the convict, residing at
M.I. Wushishi Estate in Minna committed the offence on July 15 at about 4 p.m.
Ibrahim said
the convict went to a fatal accident scene in Minna under the guise of rescuing
the victims.
The
prosecutor said that instead of assisting the accident victims, the convict
searched the lifeless body of one of the victims and removed N500 from the
victim.
Ibrahim said that Isah was arrested on the
spot and taken to a nearby police station for prosecution.
When the
charge was read to him, he pleaded guilty and begged the court for leniency.
The
prosecutor urged the court to sentence Isah, based on his plea in line with
Section 157 of the Criminal Procedure Code.
The
Magistrate, Mrs Mariam Kings, sentenced Isah to three months imprisonment,
saying however, that he could pay a fine N20, 000 in the alternative.
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