Two were sentence to 23-months for stealing wheelbarrow, fan in Bauchi mosque
By Abdullahi Idris, Bauchi
A Shariah Court II sitting in Bauchi has sentenced two convicts to 23 months in prison for wheelbarrow theft and for stealing a fan in a mosque.
The presiding judge, Barrister Mukhtar Bellos, separately found the convicts guilty of the offences they were charged with.
In the first judgement, a 25-year-old man, was sentenced to 15 months imprisonment for stealing fan from a mosque in Dass Park within the metropolis.
The convict, Salisu Aliyu, pleaded guilty to the charges brought against him.
Bellos sentenced Aliyu to 15 months imprisonment with an option of fine of N30,000 and 30 lashes of cane before the court.
In the second judgement, Bellos sentenced one Abduljalal Sadiq to seven months imprisonment for stealing a wheelbarrow
The judge said the convict has an option of paying N7,000 and 12 lashes before the court.
Sadiq admitted to have stolen the wheelbarrow and sold it out to metal collectors.
And according to judgement this should also serve as deterrent to others with such kind of questionable character and bad practices in the society.
The law is naturally ready at any time to take its full operational course,the statement added.
