Security guard bags 1 month imprisonment for stealing 2 tyres
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Sentence
By Zainab Buhari
Abuja, Sept. 19, 2016 (NAN) A 24-year -old security guard, Monday Akiranga, will spend one month in prison for stealing tyre.
A Karimo Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, sentenced the convict after he pleaded guilty to a one-count charge and begged for leniency.
Akiranga, who worked with Bethel Security Services in Abuja was attached to Auto Car Ltd., Kudan Str. Opposite Banex Plaza,Wuse 2, Abuja, as a security guard.
The Area Court judge, Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq, gave him an option of N5,000 as fine, and warned him to desist from such crimes.
The Prosecutor, Zanna Dalhatu, had told the court that the defendant stole two motor tyres value yet unknown belonging to Auto Car Ltd.
Dalhatu said that Akiranga confessed to the crime during police investigation and the two motor tyres where recovered from him.
The prosecutor said that the crime contravened Section 289 of the Penal Code. (NAN)
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Edited by Joseph Edeh//Felix Nwadioha