Two 30-year-old herdsmen, Buba
Muhammadu and Yusufu Ibrahim, were
sentenced by a Minna Magistrate's Court, to 9
months imprisonment for stealing a sheep.
According to Gunduma Ibrahim, the Police
prosecutor, the convicts committed the offence
on August 7 at about 3:20p.m, at Luma Village
near Minna.
He said the sheep, which belonged to one
Garba Kurmi, was stolen by the convicts.
Ibrahim said the case was reported at the
Maitumbi police station on August 6 at about
9:00p.m by the owner.
When the charge was read to the accused
persons, they pleaded guilty and also appealed
to the magistrate to be lenient with them as
they were first time offenders.
Magistrate Hassan Mohammed then sentenced
the two accused persons to nine months
imprisonment or a fine of N20,000 each.
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