A 23-year-old student, Rabiu Garba, has received 12 strokes of the cane for stealing a laptop and two cell phones. Garba was sentence to receive the strokes by the Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Thursday.
The Magistrate, Ibrahim Emmanuel, sentenced Garba after he pleaded guilty to two counts of trespass and theft.
According to report, Garba, who resides at Badiko in Kaduna South had pleaded guilty to the charges. He, however, appealed for leniency from the court, vowing to reform his ways.
Delivering the judgment, the Magistrate held that the court was lenient towards Garba. He said, because Garba did not waste the court’s time with his admission of guilt.
The judge, however, advised the convict to be of good behaviour and desist from crime in the future.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Insp. Chidi Leo, told the court that Yusuf Usman, of same address as the defendant, reported the matter at Gabasawa Police Station on May 3.
He said Garba trespassed into the complainant’s room and made away with his laptop valued at N220,000 and two phones valued at N342,000.
The prosecutor stated that the items were recovered from the defendant while disposing them. He regretted that the laptop was no longer functional when it was recovered.
Presenting his case before the judge, the prosecutor said that the offences contravened the Penal Code of Kaduna State, 2017.
source: NAN
