Apprentice bags 5 years imprisonment for stealing N2.8m
NAN-H-53
Sentence
By Oluwatope Lawanson
Ikeja, Dec. 13, 2016 (NAN) An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday sentenced a 23-year-old apprentice, Ogbonna John, to five years imprisonment for stealing N2.8 million belonging to his employer.
The Magistrate, Mr Alexander Komolafe, sentenced John to five years imprisonment without option of fine, as he admitted committing the offence.
“Based on the facts of this case, confirmed report and the plea of leniency, I hereby sentence you to five years imprisonment without an option of fine,’’ he ruled.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Sgt. Joseph Ajebe, told the court that the accused committed the offence with others still at large, between 2011 and 2012 at No. 14, Williams St., Ifako- Gbagada, Lagos.
He said the complainant, one Orji Eze, who was the accused employer reported the matter.
“John signed an agreement with the complainant to be an apprentice for six years at his electronics shop.
“But after three years of the accused stay, the complainant noticed that N2.8 million was missing from his business, which John could not give account of.
“Efforts made to retrieve the said amount proved abortive, hence the complainant reported the matter at the police station,’’ Ajebe said
The offences contravened Sections 285 and 409 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.(NAN)
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