A Karmo Grade I Area Court in Abuja on Tuesday remanded two security guards — Torres Audu and Mohammed Sa’adu in prison over the theft of iron rods valued at N375,000.
The Judge, Alhaji Inuwa Maiwada, ordered the remand and adjourned Audu’s case until Feb. 5 for facts and sentencing; and Sa’adu’s case until Jan. 24 for the police to complete investigation on the matter.
The prosecutor, Mrs Ijeoma Ukagha, had told the court that the matter was reported by Alloy Okoye of Jabi, Abuja, at the Utako Police Station in the Federal Capital Territory on Jan. 17.
Ukagha said that the defendants work as security guards at the complainant’s construction site. He explained that the complainant went to the site on that same date and discovered that 150 pieces of iron rods, valued at N375,000, were missing.
The prosecutor added that Audu pleaded guilty to the offence during police investigation, saying he sold the rods to one Jamilu Hassan, while Sa’adu denied the offence.
Ukagha said the offence contravened sections 79 and 288 of the Penal Code.
