Court sends student to 6 months imprisonment for stealing N40,000

Grade 1 Area Court in Dutse, Abuja on Friday sentenced Aliyu
Musa, a 24-year-old student to six months imprisonment for stealing
N40, 000 with a stolen ATM card.

The Presiding Officer, Mr Suleiman Mohammed, who tried and found
Musa guilty however, gave him an option to pay N30, 000 as
fine.

Mohammed held that the convict failed to give the court a
reasonable explanation why he committed the crime.

He also ordered that the money confisticated from the convict by
the police be returned to its owner.

The convict, who resides in Ushafa area of Bwari was convicted
of Joint act and theft.

He pleaded guilty.

Earlier, the prosecutor, Mr Tunde Arowolo told the court that
the convict was reported at the Bwari Police Station by one
Emmanuel Anyade, a businessman in Ushafa village, Bwari, on
Dec.14.

According to Arowolo, the convict went to the complainant’s shop
where he operated mobile money transactions through POS and
withdrew N40, 000 from a first bank account belonging to one Amadi
Ogechi.

“He also returned the next day to withdraw another N20,000 from
the same account when the owner of the shop asked him to produce an
identity card that corresponded with the account.

“He failed to do that and was thereby arrested.”

The prosecution added that during police investigation, the
convict also confessed to the crime but said that he was sent by
one Musa Maiwake who is presently at large, to withdraw the money
and take it to him at Maraba in Nassarawa state.

The prosecution noted that the act, contravened sections 79 and
287 of the penal code.

(NAN)

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