2 Man Jailed 9 Months For Stealing Sheep

Two 30-year-old herdsmen, Buba Muhammadu and Yusufu Ibrahim, were sentenced by a Minna Magistrate’s Court, to 9 months imprisonment for stealing a sheep.

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According to Gunduma Ibrahim, the Police prosecutor, the convicts committed the offence on August 7 at about 3:20p.m, at Luma Village near Minna.

He said the sheep, which belonged to one Garba Kurmi, was stolen by the convicts. Ibrahim said the case was reported at the Maitumbi police station on August 6 at about 9:00p.m by the owner.

When the charge was read to the accused persons, they pleaded guilty and also appealed to the magistrate to be lenient with them as they were first time offenders.

Magistrate Hassan Mohammed then sentenced the two accused persons to nine months imprisonment or a fine of N20,000 each.

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