NAN-H-56
Turkey
By Sylvester Thompson
Abuja, Jan.10, 2016(NAN) A Gudu Upper Area Court in FCT, on Tuesday sentenced two men, Ibrahim Kabiru and Abba Ibrahim to 6 weeks imprisonment for stealing four turkey birds.
Kabiru, 16, and Ibrahim, 28, of Ruga Village Wuye, both pleaded guilty and were convicted on the three-count charge of criminal conspiracy, theft, and belonging to a gang of thieves.
Passing the sentence, the Upper Area Court judge, Mr Umar Kagarko said he gave the light sentence due to their plea for mercy and promise not to repeat the act.
Kagarko, who gave the convicts an option of N9, 000 fine, also ordered that the stolen birds should be returned to the rightful owner.
The prosecutor, Mr Joshua Ayanna had told the court that Ayuba Danjuma had reported the matter at the Wuye Divisional Police Station on Jan. 6.
He said that the complainant was in his master’s poultry farm Behind City Gate Police Barracks Wuye, when he heard `unusual noise of some of the turkey birds.’
“It was then he rushed to the scene and caught the convicts with four turkey birds belonging to his master, Danjuma Etebi, ” Ayanna said.
According to him, the birds are valued at N120,000
He also disclosed that one of the convicts, Ibrahim, was once arrested sometime in Oct. 2016 for the offence of house breaking and theft.
“He had tried to escape, but was re-arrested and charged to Wuse Magistrate Court for prosecution.’’
The prosecutor said that it was due to this incessant act of theft that prompted the police to “suspect him as belonging to a gang of thieves that have been terrorising the area.’’
The prosecutor said that the offences were contrary to Sections 96, 287 and 306 of the Penal Code. (NAN)
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Edited by Ese E. Ekama