A 23 year old prostitute named Rosemary
Ebikeme has been sentenced to 100 days in
prison by an Abuja court for stealing a
customer’s $3,200 (about N500,000).
The senior magistrate, Abdulahi Ilaleh, of Life
Camp Senior magistrate’s court, Abuja,
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. Continue…
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 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.
Source: Vanguard
