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Karmo Grade 1 Area Court in Abuja on Monday sentenced a security guard, Nasiru
Ribado, to six months’ imprisonment for sleeping at his duty post.
Ribado,
37, who resides at Jabi Forest, Abuja, was arraigned on one count of negligent
conduct.
The
presiding officer, Abubakar Sadiq, convicted Ribado after he pleaded guilty to
the charge and ordered him to pay N363,000 as restitution to the complainant. Sadiq,
who did not give the convict an option of fine, warned him against committing
crimes after his prison term.
Earlier,
the Prosecutor, Mrs. Florence Auhioboh, told the court that one Nwankwo
Chukwudi of Karmo, Abuja, reported the matter at the Utako Police Station on
December 8.
Auhioboh
said the complainant employed the convict to work as security guard in his
spare parts shop at Jabi Forest.
“The
accused was expected to be on duty at the time the crime was committed, but he
deliberately abandoned his duty.
“The
accused was sleeping and abandoned his duty post, paving the way for burglars
to gain access into the complainant’s spare parts shop,’’ she said.
The
prosecutor told the court that the burglars made away with the complainant’s
goods valued at N363,000. Auhioboh
said that all efforts by the police to recover the stolen items proved
abortive.
According
to her, the offence contravened Section 196 of the Penal Code.
- NAN
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