A Christian Religious Studies teacher, Honest Alam, was Wednesday sentenced to six months imprisonment by a Karu Senior Magistrates' Court for stealing a Techno handset worth N5,000.
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The court gave Alam, 29, who works at Covenant Nursery and Primary School located in Kpeyegyi Community in the FCT, an option of N25,000 fine.
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The Senior Magistrate, Mr Oyeyipo Ademuyiwa, pronounced the sentenced after finding the accused guilty of the one-count charge of theft under Section 287 of the Penal Code.
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Ademuyiwa based his decision on the testimony of the complainant, Mr Endurance Abode, who said the accused admitted stealing the phone during the trial.
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Alam was arraigned on Jan. 17, by the police in Jikwoyi, a Satellite town in the FCT.
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He had initially pleaded not guilty to the charge, but later changed his mind during cross- examination by the police prosecutor, Cpl Pascal Njoku.