Guard jailed 6 months for sleeping on duty

An area court in Jos on Monday sentenced a security guard, Abubakar Haruna, to six months imprisonment for sleeping on duty and paving way for thieves to steal iron rods and roofing sheets.

A panel of judges made up of Malam Sadqi Adam and Mr Hyacinth Dolnanan, sentenced Haruna after he pleaded guilty to the offence of negligence of duty.

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However, the judges gave the convict an option to pay N10,000 fine after he begged for clemency.

Haruna was also asked to pay a compensation of N50,000 to the complainant.

Earlier, the prosecutor, Insp Ibrahim Gowkat, told the court that the case was reported Mr Adamu Ismail; that Haruna, a security guard at Ismail’s sister’s house slept off while on duty thereby paving way for thieves to steal a generator, a bundle of roofing sheets and 25 pieces of iron rod. (NAN)