Teacher convicted for stealing two pairs of shoes
On Tuesday, a Jos magistrates’ court sentenced a 40-year-old teacher, Sani Mohammed, to four months’ imprisonment for stealing two pairs of shoes from a shop and fleeing police custody.
Magistrate Shawomi Bokkos summarily sentenced Mohammed after he pleaded guilty.
Mr Bokkos, however, gave the convict the option to pay a N20,000 fine and also ordered him to pay N45,000 as compensation to the complainant.
The magistrate said the punishment would serve as a deterrent to other would-be offenders.
Earlier, the prosecution counsel, Ibrahim Gokwat, told the court that the case was reported on May 4 at the Railway Police Station, Jos, by one Nwafor Okechukwu, the complainant.
The prosecutor said the convict visited the complainant’s shop and stole two pairs of shoes worth N70,000.
During the police investigation, the police said a pair of shoes were recovered from him.
Mr Gokwat also said while in detention, the convict fled police custody but was later rearrested.
(NAN)
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