Security guards jailed for stealing soft drinks
A Grade I Area Court in Dei-Dei, Abuja, has sentenced two security guards to nine months’ imprisonment for stealing soft and alcoholic drinks worth N2 million from their employer.
The convicts Abdulsalam Adamu, 27, and Benjamin John, 22, both guards of Ollytex Nigeria Limited, Zuba, Abuja, pleaded guilty to theft and begged the court for forgiveness.
However, in his ruling, the Judge, Sulyman Ola, gave Messrs Adamu and John an option to pay N20, 000 each as a fine.
Mr Sulyman also ordered the convicts to pay the company N2 million as compensation, which the prosecutor had requested.
Earlier, the prosecution counsel, Chinedu Ogada, told the court that the company’s manager, Ibe Ikechukwu, reported the matter at Zuba Police Station on May 3.
Mr Ogada said the convicts committed the offence on May 2, at about 8:20 p.m., at the company’s warehouse at Zuba, Abuja.
He said the police recovered some of the stolen goods from places where the convicts hid them.
According to him, the offence contravened sections 97 and 289 of the Penal Code Law.
(NAN)
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