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.
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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Na wa o!
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Slippers ke? It is well
DeleteLord have mercy!
DeleteGood for him. Barawo
ReplyDeletePoverty
ReplyDeleteHmmm, how I wish they' re sentencing the politicians that stole our money in billions .
ReplyDeleteGod Bless Everyone.
This country is seriously messed up
ReplyDelete#JOeFIRSt
That's the only thing Nigeria is good at.
ReplyDeleteHope the next two years in jail helps him reflect on the wayward life he has been living. Petty thief
ReplyDeleteyet they can not send the real criminals who kept this country like this to jail. mtcheww
ReplyDeletehmmm...am short of words. a case of recidivism or do i call him a kleptomaniac.God will deliver him.
ReplyDeleteNa wa o, only him,he's stolen three times already, he should go to prison, i think prison is calling him.
ReplyDeleteThis just reminded me of African China's song.
ReplyDeletePeople stealing billions of our national cake be WA walking freely and even still keep their jobs yet some other person will steal #1000 and be jailed if unable to pay the accrued fine.
Oh well, not that I support stealing but it's just an unfair situation.
How much will he sell the bathroom slippers. All these thieves self.
ReplyDeleteThey wont steal better money wey go make me raise beyonce hand for them
Hope the slippers is made of gold
ReplyDeleteSerial offender but I think 30months is to much. If so how many months will they give our sticky fingers politicians?
ReplyDeleteThis one is in the blood but why slippers? Village witches calling.
ReplyDeleteWonders shall never end...na dis kind case dose useless judges dey get power and interpret d law well..Foolish set of idiots without shame dats why nigeria is where its today.
ReplyDeleteEyaa
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile people are stealing billions and roaming free. God save Nigeria.
ReplyDeleteThe law in nigeria is for the poor
ReplyDeleteNigerians sha. Most of you complaining about our politicians stealing the country blind and still walking free are the same people that keep shouting witch-hunt or political persecution when these same politicians are been hounded by anti-graft agencies.
ReplyDeleteUna go carry placards go protest on their behalf sef.
#Breathe. It's just a bad day, not a bad life*
ReplyDeleteToo long sentence for just slippers
ReplyDelete...This is more than a slippers thing.
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