A Karu Grade I Area Court, Abuja, on Thursday sentenced a driver, Abdul Wabba to eight months in prison for criminal misappropriation of N54,000.
The convict, who resides at Karu village, pleaded guilty to the criminal breach of trust, cheating and criminal misappropriation.
The Judge, Umar Mohammed, who summarily tried and convicted Wabba, however, gave him an option to pay a fine of N8,000.
Mohammed also ordered the convict to pay N54,000 in damages to the complainant, Mr Ikenna Nnanna.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Vincent Osuji had told the court that Nnanna, who resides at Karu in Abuja, reported the matter at the karu police station, on July 26.
The prosecutor told the court that the complainant entrusted his Peugeot 406 to the convict for commercial purposes with an agreement to remit N18,000 weekly.
He alleged that the convict with the intent to cheat, dishonestly disappered with the vehicle fior three weeks with N54,000.
Osuji said that the offence contravened the provisions of sections 312, 322 and 309 of the Penal Code.
