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| Auwal Ibrahim |
Justice Farouq Lawan of Kano
State High Court on Thursday January 31, 2013 convicted and sentenced Auwalu
Ibrahim to 3 years imprisonment with the option of N250,000 fine for allegedly
stealing the sum of N4,524,000 (Four Million, Five Hundred and Twenty Four
Thousand Naira Only) between May 30, 2010 and February 25, 2011 in a debit card
fraud.
The accused
person pleaded guilty to the one count charge preferred against him by the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
The charge reads, “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”.
The 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. He further stated that his client had paid back the money he stolen to the EFCC.
The judge convicted and sentenced him accordingly.
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