A Senior Magistrates’ Court in Gwagwalada, FCT on Friday, sentenced two labourers, Praise Matins and Hope Ibrahim to one year imprisonment each for stealing building materials.
The convicts, who were convicted and sentenced for criminal conspiracy and theft by servant, begged the court for leniency.
Senior Magistrate, Munir Sani, sentenced the convicts to one year imprisonment each or a fine of N100,000 each for each offence.
Sani ordered the convicts to pay N863,000 in damages to the nominal complainant.
Earlier, the Prosecution counsel, Abdullahi Tanko told the court that the complainant, Mr Henry Akanda, of Jabi Abuja, reported the matter at Iddo police station on June 1.
Tanko said that the convicts were workers in the complainant’s site situated at Videsh estate Aco Abuja, where they dishonestly stole his iron rods.
He said that the convicts also stole two vibrator of moulding block machine and iron bending tools all valued at N863,000.
He said that during police investigation they confessed to the offence and mentioned the name of the receiver.
The prosecutor said that the offence contravened the provisions of Sections 79 and 288 of the Penal Code.
