An 18 year old, Usman Hassan is to spend 3 years in prison for stealing 2 rabbits, 6 fowls, 2 ducks and half carton of fish in Yola, Adamawa state.
Hon. Ibrahim Musa Ulenda of the Upper Area Court 4 convicted and sentenced Usman of Rumde Baru in Yola North Local Government Area, after he admitted committing the offence.
Usman was given option of N50, 000 fine and also ordered to pay N30,000 compensation.
When arraigned before the court by the prosecutor, Inspector Coleman Micheal, on Tuesday, the convict pleaded guilty as charged.
According to the First Information Report(FIR) tendered in court by the prosecutor, the convict committed the offence on the 16th April, 2022.
Usman, a Labourer confessed that he had engaged himself in the act in order to raise money to buy clothes for himself and siblings.
He narrated that his father had divorced his mother with many children, and that presently, they do not know the whereabout of their father.
He added that their mother is poor and could not be able to buy clothes for them to celebrate Sallah; hence, his decision to steal in order to raise money to buy clothes for Sallah.
His situation is actually heart touching, But that Same situation shouldn't warrant him to go into such act of stealing. Maybe The Lord, See him through and touch his heart.
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