Court remands man for allegedly stealing 15 iron signboards at cemetery
A Sharia Court in Kano State on Thursday remanded a 25-year-old man, Hassan Adamu, for stealing 15 cemetery iron signboards from a cemetery.
The police charged Adamu, who resides in Unguwar Dabai, in the Gwale Local Government Area of Kano with criminal trespass and theft.
The defendant pleaded guilty to the two count charge.
The Judge, Umar Lawal-Abubakar, however admitted the defendants to be remanded in prison for six month.
Mr Lawal-Abubakar also ordered that he should be given 30 lashes of cane.
Earlier, the Prosecution counsel, Inspector Abdullahi Wada, told the court that the case was reported on August 21, at the Dala police station by Bello Aliyu, who resides in Kansakali Quarters in the Gwale Local Government Area of Kano.
Mr Wada said the defendant trespassed into the cemetery and stole the iron signboards.
(NAN)
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