Soldier Bags Four-Year Sentence For Stealing N93k

A Magistrates Court sitting in Jos, the Plateau State capital, on Wednesday, sentenced a soldier, Samuel Hassan to four years in prison for stealing N93,000 from his neighbour’s account.

Magistrates Roseline Baraje, convicted Hassan after he pleaded guilty to breach of trust, cheating, theft and misappropriation.

Baraje, however gave the 37-year-old convict an option to pay a fine of N40,000.

She also ordered the convict to pay N93,000 as compensation to the complainant.

Baraje said that the punishment would serve as deterrent to those who would want to indulge in such criminal act.

Earlier, the prosecution counsel, Monday Dabit , told the court that the case was reported on July 7 at the ‘A’ Division Police Station by Mrs Helen Geoffry of Angwan Mission Tundunwada, Jos who is the complainant.

Dabit said that the complainant entrusted her ATM card to the accused in May and he used it to withdraw N93,000 from the account without her consent.

He said the offence contravened the provisions of sections 297, 307, 272, and 294 of the Penal Code Law.

The ATM card has been recovered from the accused.