MINNA — A Minna Magistrate’s
Court, yesterday, sentenced two
herdsmen, Buba Muhammadu
and Yusufu Ibrahim, both 30
years old, to nine months
imprisonment for stealing a
sheep.
The Police prosecutor, Gunduma
Ibrahim, told the court that the
convicts committed the offence
on August 7 at about 3:20p.m, at
Luma Village near Minna.
He said the sheep, which
belonged to one Garba Kurmi,
was stolen by the convicts.
Ibrahim said the case was
reported at the Maitumbi police
station on August 6 at about
9:00p.m by the owner.
When the charge was read to the
accused persons, they pleaded
guilty and also appealed to the
magistrate to be lenient with
them as they were first time
offenders.
Magistrate Hassan Mohammed
then sentenced the two accused
persons to nine months
imprisonment or a fine of
N20,000 each.