A Grade 1
Area Court in Dutse, Abuja, on Friday sentenced one Aliyu Musa, a 24-year-old
student to six months imprisonment.
He was
jailed for withdrawing N40, 000 with a stolen ATM card.
The
Presiding Officer, Suleiman Mohammed, who tried and found Musa guilty, however,
gave him an option to pay N30, 000 as fine, NAN reports.
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.
The
prosecutor, 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.
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.