Court jails man for one yr over soybean theft in Kano

A Magistrate Court sitting in Kafin Maiyaki, Kano State, has sentenced a younger man merely recognized as Ashiru, from Kofa village in Bebeji Local Government Area, to at least one yr in jail with out an possibility of positive for stealing soybeans.

Ashiru was sentenced after pleading responsible to the offence throughout a courtroom session presided over by the Chief Magistrate, Muhammad Alhaji Isa.

The complainant, Abdullahi, had left three sacks of harvested soybeans on his farm whereas trying to find motorbike operators to move the produce.

However, earlier than Abdullahi returned, Ashiru allegedly organized for some motorbike operators to haul away the soybeans with out the proprietor’s data.

Following his arrest, the prosecutor, Sergeant Aminu Muhammad Ciromawa, arraigned him earlier than the courtroom.

Ashiru pleaded responsible after the courtroom registrar, Bahazalla, learn the cost in opposition to him.

The courtroom additionally sentenced the person who purchased the stolen soybeans to 6 months in jail and ordered that the three sacks of soybeans be returned to their rightful proprietor.