A Life Camp Senior magistrate’s court, Abuja, last week sentenced a 23-year-old commercial sex worker, Rosemary Ebikeme, to 100 days imprisonment for stealing $3,200 belonging to her customer.
The senior magistrate, Abdulahi Ilaleh, who convicted Rosemary after she pleaded guilty to a one-count charge, however, gave her an option of N5,000 fine.
Ilaleh cautioned the convict to desist from the crime, saying that the sentence would serve as a deterrent to others.
Prosecutor Ona Odigiri had told the court that on September 4 one Aleixandre Sachir of Tack Continental Estate, Life Camp, reported the matter to Life Camp Police Station.
The prosecutor further told the court that the complainant met the convict in a cinema hall and took her to Waxride Hotel.
He said the convict stole $3,200 (about N500,000) from the complainant on September 2 and eloped.
Odigiri said that when the convict came back to complain on September 4, she was apprehended and handed over to the police.
The convict, however, pleaded guilty to the charge and begged the court to temper justice with mercy.
She said: “Please have mercy on me; I am a student and I am only looking for money to pay my school fees. I stole the money to do business so that I will stop selling my body for money. Please forgive me.
“I stole the money from him, even though he paid me N5,000 for my service, please have mercy in God’s name.”
The prosecutor said the offence contravened Section 288 of the Penal Code Law. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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I hope she no return the money. 100 days for KUJE PRISON and #500,000 for ASHAWO account no be bad deal.
ReplyDeleteWhat happened to her customer
ReplyDeleteLeave am jor. Una wan put small desperate girl in jail to become a big bitter criminal.
ReplyDeleteJust imagine,so the man even get that kind of money and he paid the girl ordinary 5k.please you guys should let her go.if na government person thief now,no jail o there is God o
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