Justice Umaru Fadawu of the Borno State High Court has sentenced one Bashir Mohammed to two years imprisonment for criminal breach of trust to the tune of N1,860,000.00.
Fadawa gave the ruling under section 312 of the Penal Code Cap. 102 Laws of Borno State.
Mohammed allegedly received 600 cartons of Spaghetti worth N1,860,000.00 allocated to him to sell and remit the proceeds to the complainant, but dishonestly converted the money to personal use.
The count read: “That you, Bashir Mohammed sometime in July, 2019, at Maiduguri, Borno State, within the jurisdiction of his honourable court being entrusted with certain properties to wit; 600 (six hundred ) cartons of Spaghetti worth N1,860,000.00 (One Million Eight Hundred and Sixty Thousand Naira), by one Garba Babakura Lawan did dishonestly converts to your own use, the entire sum of N1,860,000.00 (One Million Eight Hundred and Sixty Thousand Naira), only being value of the said 600 (six hundred cartons of Spaghetti and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 311 of the Penal Code Cap. 102 Laws of Borno State and Punishable under Section 312 of the same Law.”
When the charge was read, the convict pleaded guilty.
Prosecution counsel, Benjamin Manji, therefore prayed the court to sentence him accordingly.
Justice Fadawu consequently sentenced Mohammed to two years imprisonment and also ordered him to pay the due sum of the commodity to the complainant as restitution or serve a term of six years in default, which should run concurrently.