Security Guard Bags 3 Months Imprisonment For Stealing

A 35 years old security guard, Malgas Bukar, attached to the palace of the emir of Damaturu,Yobe State has been sentenced to three (3) months imprisonment with no option of fine for conspiracy, shop breaking and theft, offences punishable under sections 97(1), 353 and 218 of the Penal Code Law.

According to the police prosecution report in the First Information Report, the accused person together with one Haruna, now at large, was charged for conspiring? to break into the shop of one Salele Mohammed of Ganye Uku in Damaturu and made away with food items that include a bag of rice, 10 measures of Groundnut, five pieces of Giv Soap, half Jerry can of Turkey oil among others, worth about N22, 570.00.

When the police First Information Report of the charges against him was read out to him before the court, the accused person pleaded guilty to the charges but said he was forced to steal to take care of his family that was passing through economic hardship.