The police on Monday arraigned a 70-year-old man, Isa
Hussaini, at the Upper Customary Court, Sabongari,
Zaria, for stealing a goat. Hussaini, a resident of Funtua
LGA in Katsina State is facing a one-count charge of
theft.
The prosecutor, Cpl. Bashir Abdullahi, told the court that
the matter was reported through a distress call by the
village head of Yakawada, Alhaji Rilwanu Yakawada in
Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
He said that on June 2, Hussaini was found in
possession of a goat suspected to be stolen. Abdullahi
said that when the suspect was challenged, he
confessed to the theft, contrary to Section 319 (a) of the
penal code. The accused person pleaded guilty to the
offence but the Judge, Mr Atiku Sarki-Yohanam, granted
him bail in the sum of N30,000 and one reasonable
surety in like sum.
The judge then adjourned hearing in the case until June
11. In an interview after the hearing, the accused person
confessed that he had spent 15 years in stealing
business. He said “I started this ugly job 15 years ago
and I started by stealing maize and later started stealing
goats because I sell beef kebab. I steal to feed my two
wives and six children,’’ he added.
(NAN)
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