Man jailed 1 year in over N1.6m theft
Theft
By Aisha Gambo
Kaduna, June 20, 2024 (NAN) A Shari’a Court sitting at Magajin Gari, Kaduna State on Thursday sentenced 42 year-old Nura Yahya to one year in a correctional facility for stealing items worth N1.6 million.
The Judge, Malam Anas Khalifa, gave the judgment after the accused pleaded guilty to the charge of theft.
The judge stated that Yahya would pay N1 million compensation to the complainant after serving his one year jail term.
He, however, gave the accused an option of N100,000 fine, pay N1.6 million compensation to the nominal complainant, Muhammad Sani, and also N20,000 cost of prosecution.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Insp Abdilmumin Shuaibu, had said that the accused was taken in by the nominal complainant, who is a tanker driver, as an apprentice.
“On Aug. 25, 2023, he was given custody of a tanker vehicle carrying gas worth N500,000, but he sold the gas and some vehicle parts worth N1.1m.
“He has refused to mention the people he sold the stolen items to; he insists that he just met them on the road,” he said.
He prayed the court to compel the accused to pay for the goods and punish him accordingly.(NAN)(www.nannews.ng)
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Edited by Abiemwense Moru
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