Court jails hotel employee for stealing items worth N660,000
An Egor Magistrate’s Court in Benin has sentenced a 26-year-old man, Philip Reuben, to two months’ imprisonment for conspiracy and theft.
Mr Reuben was convicted of stealing household items worth N660,000.
The magistrate, Dorothy Adamaigbo, however, gave the convict an option of a N20,000 fine.
She said that the conviction would serve as a deterrent to others.
Police prosecutor Evans Okunoghae had told the court that on May 3, 2026, at Ugbiyokho Quarters in Benin, the convict and other suspects, currently at large, conspired to commit the crime.
“On the said date, Reuben and others stole an air conditioner, iron rods, and cooking pots worth N660,000, belonging to Osaigbovo Eboigbe, the complainant,” he told the court.
The prosecutor said the offences contravened Sections 412(2) and 294(7) of the Criminal Law of Edo State, 2022.
He said that local vigilantes arrested Mr Reuben and handed him over to the police.
(NAN)
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