I stole my boss’ laptop because he owes me, convict tells court

A 26-year-old man, Udoh Effong, was yesterday sentenced to one month imprisonment by an Egor magistrate court for stealing his employer’s laptop. Effiong pleaded guilty to the charge and begged the court for leniency, saying the complainant owed him money. He told the court that he had worked with the complainant for 10 months and […]

A 26-year-old man, Udoh Effong, was yesterday sentenced to one month imprisonment by an Egor magistrate court for stealing his employer’s laptop. Effiong pleaded guilty to the charge and begged the court for leniency, saying the complainant owed him money.

He told the court that he had worked with the complainant for 10 months and that the complainant only paid him N68,000 and refused to pay the balance of N132,000, hence he took the laptop and gave his friend to keep it for him. He added that his friend later gave the laptop to the complainant, which the complainant however denied.

The prosecutor, Sunday Lucky, told the court that the offence was committed on December 27, 2019 at upper Ekenwan, Ugbiyokho, community in Benin.

The magistrate, Esohe Ighodan, however, gave the convict an option of N10,000 fine.