The long arm of the law has caught up with a man, Auwalu Ibrahim, who was sentenced to three years imprisonment with the option of N250,000 fine by Justice Farouq Lawan of the Federal High Court, Kano on Thursday, for allegedly stealing the sum of N4,524,000 between May 30, 2010 and February 25, 2011 via a debit card fraud.
The accused person pleaded guilty to the one count charge preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC.
The charge read; “That you Auwalu Ibrahim, between 30th May 2010 to 25th February 2011 committed a theft of N4,524,000 using United Bank For Africa ATM. card thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 286 of the Penal Code and punishable under Section 287 of Penal Code”.
Ibrahim, through his defence counsel, Mas’ud Aliyu pleaded with the judge to tamper justice with mercy considering the fact that his client had no previous criminal record and did not waste the time of the court.
Aliyu further stated that his client had paid back the money he stole to the EFCC.
The judge convicted and sentenced him accordingly.
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