Jimeta Area Court II, in Adamawa state has convicted and sentenced 2 Young men to 3 years imprisonment for criminal conspiracy and theft of domestic animal.
The area court presided by Hon. Muhammad Alamin Diya Lamurde, sentenced Buhari Abubakar and Nasiru Abdullahi, for the offences which pleaded guilty.
For the offence of criminal conspiracy, the convicts were jailed 1 year with N25, 000 option of fine each, while for the offence of theft, they were slammed 2 years and given N50, 000 option of fine.
Furthermore, the court has ordered them to pay the sum of N17, 000 compensation to the nominal complainant.
Earlier, when the convicts were arraigned before the court by the Prosecutor, Inspector Coleman Micheal, both pleaded to the offences contrary to sections 60 and 276 of the penal code law.
Inspector, Coleman, informed the court that the convicts who hail from Sangere along Numan road, conspired and made away with a she goat belonging to one Hashimu Hassan.
According to him, the convicts stole the animal which valued N17, 000, on the 7th September, 2022, saying that they were sighted by a man who immediately alerted the police.
He said that the convicts were pursued and arrested while trying to escape after their tricycle broke down.
While in the dock, Buhari informed the court that they stole the animal to go and sell to their customer at Ngurore in Yola South LGA.
But on his part, the 2nd convicted replied thus:" What Buhari, said is not true. We stole the she goat to roast and eat because of hunger".
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