Zuba Grade 1 Area Court On Tuesday sentenced one Sanusi Ayuba to 12 strokes of the cane for stealing 15 tubers of yam.
Prosecutor Chinedu Ogada had told the court that Insp. Musa Adamu and his team attached to surveillance section of Zuba Police Station made the arrest on March 3.
Ogada said the defendant stolen 15 tubers of yam belonging to Rose Sunday at Dankogi Park-Zuba.
He said when the police questioned the defendant, he made confessional statement and the stolen yams were recovered from him. The prosecutor told the court that his offence contravened Section 287 of the Penal Code.
The judge, Malam Gambo Garba, sentenced Ayuba to 12 strokes after he pleaded guilty and begged for leniency.
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