A staff of First Bank has been sentenced to 4 years imprisonment after he was found guilty of stealing N9.3 million belonging to a customer.
An Igbosere Magistrates Court, Lagos, sentenced David Anibolu, to 4 years’ imprisonment for stealing N9,308,000 from the First Bank account of a customer.
David, who was a cashier, was found guilty of conspiracy and convicted of stealing by Chief Magistrate A. O. Awogboro. Before the sentence, the convict’s counsel Philips Onyama made an allocutus for his client and pleaded for a sentence of a fine, or a lenient jail term.
“He’s a first time offender; he has no father, only a sick mother who relies on him to survive. He has been in custody since March 24, 2014 and has suffered emotional and physical torture. He is also now more sober and refined,” lawyer Onyama pleaded.
Pronouncing judgment, the Chief Magistrate sentenced David to four years in prison, starting from the date of his detention, adding that: “No one must be allowed to profit from his crime.”
The 26-year-old David was arraigned on April 3, 2014 by the Lion Building Police Division, Lagos, on a two-count charge of conspiracy and stealing.
