An Abuja Magistrates’ Court on yesterday convicted and sentenced Arebun Douglas, a security guard with Fidelity Bank Plc, Wuse 2, Abuja to one year imprisonment for stealing over 400 litres of diesel. .
The Senior Magistrate, Mr Shuaibu Ahmed, convicted Douglas, after he pleaded guilty to stealing the diesel from the bank’s generator set. Ahmed, however, gave Douglas an option to pay a fine of N5, 000.
The magistrate warned the convict to stay away from crimes. Earlier, the Police Prosecutor, Mr. David Udeh, had told the court that a staff of the bank, Mr John Okoro, reported the case to the Wuse Divisional police station on April 17, 2013.
According to Udeh the convict stole over of 400 litres of diesel, valued at N58,000 from the generator. He said that during police investigation, the convict confessed to stealing the diesel from the same generator more than six times.
