Hotel Security Bags One Year Jail Term For Stealing Pumping Machine

 

Anuoluwapo Owolabi, Remilekun Okejimi

AN Osogbo Magistrate Court, on Tuesday, sentenced a 30-year-old man, Hammed Azeez, to one year imprisonment for stealing pumping machine belonging his employer.

Azeez was said to have stolen one pumping machine valued N705, 000, which belongs to a popular hotel in Osogbo, where he was working as a security guard.

He was first arraigned before the court on April 10, 2022 alongside one Adekunle Joshua who was also accused of receiving the stolen item from the convict.

They were admitted to bail in a sum of N200,000 with two sureties each.

However, the second defendant, Olakunle was acquitted and discharged by the court while the first Azeez was convicted by the court after he was found guilty of the offence.

He was convicted based on the evidence obtained through the CCTV camera of the hotel which proved that he actually stole the pumping machine.

According to the charge sheet obtained by OSUN DEFENDER, the convict committed the offence on April 6, 2022 at about 3:04am at Ideal Nest hotel in Osogbo.

In his ruling, the presiding Magistrate, O.A Daramola, sentenced the convict to one-year jail term at Ilesa Correctional Centre with an option of N200, 000 fine.