Thursday, August 29, 2024 -A Magistrates’ Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, on Thursday sentenced a 40-year-old man, Cletus Gandu, to nine months imprisonment for stealing two tubers of yam.
The convict admitted that he
stole the tubers of yam because he was hungry and begged for leniency.
In his ruling, Magistrate Michael Bawa
sentenced the defendant to three months for criminal trespass and nine months
for theft.
Bawa, however, gave the defendant a fine
option of N50,000.
The convict was charged by the Nigeria
Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) with criminal trespass and theft,
contrary to sections 327 and 270 of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law.
The NSCDC prosecutor, Mr Marcus Audu, told the court that the
complainant, Alice Daniel, reported the matter at the Corps’ office in
Kafanchan on July 15
Audu explained that the convict stole the tubers of yam from
the complainant’s farm in Zonkwa on two separate occasions
According to him, the convict confessed to the crime during
the investigation.
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