A Kano Senior
Magistrates’ Court sitting in Rijiyar Zaki on Monday sentenced, Rabiu
Sani, 22, to 30 months imprisonment for theft of slippers.
The Senior Magistrate, Aminu Fagge, sentenced Sani to two years and six months after he pleaded guilty to a one-count charge.
Fagge did not give the convict of Aisami Quarters in Kano an option of fine.
Prosecutor Yusuf Sale had told the court that Surajo Umar of Kurna
Quarters, Kano, reported the case to Nasarawa Police Division, Kano, on
Sept. 16.
Sale said on the same date at about 8 p.m the convict went to the
complainant’s business place at Gidan Gashash Singer Market Kano.
He said Sani “used razor blade and tore the sack where the complainant
Umar kept his goods and stole one roll of bath room slippers containing
35 pairs valued N6, 000.
Sale also told the court that the convict was charged for theft at Chief
Magistrate Court and sentenced to three months imprisonment or a fine
of N10, 000 on Feb. 5, 2016.
He added that Sani was also sentenced to six months imprisonment or a fine of N20, 000 at the same court on April 7, for theft.
The prosecutor said this was the fourth time the accused was arraigned
for theft this year, stressing that the offence contravened Section 285
of the Penal Code.
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