Justice Dije Abdu Aboki of the High Court of Kano State today July
22, 2013 convicted and sentenced Usman Salifu to two years imprisonment for
stealing.
The convict was alleged to have stolen the sum of N65, 000, 000
from one Yusuf Sale Dunari’s fixed deposit account domiciled at Oceanic Bank (
now Ecobank) where he was a Branch Manager.
The convict who had pleaded not guilty upon arraignment,
dramatically changed his plea by admitting his guilt to all the 4-count charge.
The defence counsel pleaded with the court to tamper justice with
mercy, saying that the convict is a first offender, and has aged parents and
many dependants.
But the prosecuting counsel M.M Gambo urged the court to make
orders regarding restitution in sentencing the convict.
Justice Aboki accordingly convicted the accused and sentenced him
to six months imprisonment with option of N2m fine on the first count, six
months with option of N500, 000 fine on counts 2 and 3 and four months
imprisonment with option of N500, 000 fine on count 4. All sentences are to run
concurrently.
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