A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Thursday, May 9, sentenced a 23-year-old student, Rabiu Garba, to 12 strokes of the cane for stealing a laptop and two cell phones.
The Magistrate, Ibrahim
Emmanuel, sentenced Garba, who resides at Badiko in Kaduna, after he pled
guilty to two counts of trespass and theft.
The prosecutor, Insp. Chidi
Leo, had told the court that Yusuf Usman, of same address as the defendant,
reported the matter at Gabasawa Police Station on May 3.
According to Leo, Garba
trespassed into the complainant’s room and made away with his laptop valued at
N220,000 and two phones valued at N342,000. He said the items were recovered
from the defendant while disposing them, but the laptop was no longer
functional.
The prosecutor said that the
offences contravened the Penal Code of Kaduna State, 2017.
The convict pled guilty and
appealed for leniency from the court, vowing to reform his ways.
The magistrate held that the
court was lenient towards Garba because his admission of guilt meant he did not
waste the court’s time. He, however, advised the convict to be of good
behaviour and desist from crime in the future.
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