I stole to raise money for marriage rites – Court sentences man to 3 years imprisonment

A Sharia Court in Dutse, Jigawa State on Friday sentenced a 32-year-old man to three years imprisonment for stealing mattress at Yalwawa quarters in Dutse local government.

The Sharia court Judge, Ibrahim Yusuf Harbo found him guilty of the two-count charge of burglary and stealing, which is contrary to section 193 and 148 of the penal code.

Harbo sentenced Usman Amadu to one year imprisonment with option of N20,000 fine on first charge and two years imprisonment with option of N20,000 fine on the second charge.

The prosecutor told the court that some of the stolen items included mattress, stoves, Iron, shoes, among others.

Speaking to DAILY POST, the accused, Usman Amadu said he stole the items to meet some of the demand of his fiancée.

He explained that she waived almost all the things mostly done before weeding, asking him to provide only N30,000.

“She asked me to provide N30,000 only and I have N19,000. I don’t have other means of getting the balance, so I decided to steal and make up the balance,” he stated.

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