Septuagenarian jailed six months for stealing mats
A Shari’a Court sitting at Rigasa, Kaduna on Thursday sentenced a 70-year-old man, Jibril Musa to six months in a correctional facility for stealing mats belonging to mosques.
The Judge, Mukhtar Aliyu, gave the judgement after Musa pleaded guilty to the offence bordering on criminal trespass and theft.
The judge stated that the convict had appeared before him in the past for the same offence and was released on condition that he would not repeat the crime again.
The convict pleaded for leniency, promising not to steal again but his prayers were not considered due to his history of theft.
Earlier, the Prosecutor, Inspector Sambo Maigari stated that Aminu Al-hassan, a village head in Rigasa reported the matter to the Rigasa police division on September 9.
He said that the convict entered a mosque located on Dan Galadima road and stole the mats.
Mr Maigari added that the man also went to another mosque located at Bakin Dogo and stole more mats and sold them to one Aisha Abdullahi .
On her part, Ms Abdullahi stated that she bought the mats for N1,500 without knowing they were stolen goods.
She pleaded for leniency because she had been an honest business woman and did not know that an old man like Musa would steal.
The Judge adjourned the matter until September 18 for judgement on Abdullahi.
(NAN)
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