A 29-year-old dispatch rider identified as Iseac Ezekiel has been sentenced to 24 months imprisonment for absconding with his employer’s motorcycle.

The Lugbe Grade I Area Court in Abuja on Thursday, charged Ezekiel with two counts of breach of trust and theft.

The judge, Malam Aliyu Kagarko, however gave the convict an option of N50,000 fine.

Ezekiel, who lives in New Kuchingoro IDP Camp Abuja, was ordered to restore the motorcycle or pay N600,000 as compensation to the complainant.

The Prosecution, Stanley Nwaforaku told the court that on September 1, the complainant, Mr Nicholas Nnamani of Jabi  Abuja, reported the matter at the Lugbe  Police Station.

Nwaforaku said that the complainant employed the convict as a dispatch rider and sometime in June and gave him a brand new “G link” 200cc motorcycle worth N600,0000.

Nwaforaku said the convict absconded with motorcycle and sold it for N70,000.

The prosecutor added that during police investigation, the convict made a confessional statement and all efforts made to recover the motorcycle failed.

The News Agency of Nigeria report that the offence contravened the provisions of Sections 312 and 287 of the Penal Code.