A Karu Senior Magistrates’ Court has sentenced one Nasiru Mohammed of Deidei, Abuja to three months imprisonment with 12 strokes of the cane for stealing a motorcycle.
Mohammed, 23, was arraigned by the police on a one-count charge of being in possession of a stolen motorcycle, contrary to section 319 (A) of the Penal Code. The Senior Magistrate, Aminu Abdullahi, passed the judgment after the accused had pleaded guilty to the charge and asked the court for leniency.
He said the accused was sincere by pleading guilty to the charge and not wasting the court?s time. “However, this will not stop me from punishing you so as to serve as deterrent to others like you. I hereby use my discretion and appeal by the prosecutor for a summary trial.
“You are to serve a prison term of three months without an option of fine and you are to receive 12 strokes of the cane, after which I hope you will be of good character and be a repentant person.??
Earlier, the Prosecutor, Sgt. Ambi Ayuba, had told the court that the convict was arrested by a team of officers led by one Insp. Umar Sarke, attached to police state command.
He said the convict was arrested with the stolen motorcycle on June 23 around Dagba Village in Abuja. Ayuba said that convict had confessed during investigation that it was the second time he was arrested for similar offence.
