kufreabasi:

GUSAU (AFP) – An Islamic sharia court in Zamfara State has sentenced two men to amputation of their right wrists for stealing a bull, with the amputation to be carried out in public if it is given final approval.

The sharia court in the village of Nassarawan Mailayi in the northern state of Zamfara on Thursday ordered that Auwalu Abubaka, 23, and Lawalli Musa, 22, have their right hands chopped off for stealing a bull worth 130,000 naira ($867, 628 euros).

However, the two men have 30 days to appeal their sentence and the state governor must approve any amputation. Such sentences have only rarely been carried out in Nigeria.

“Based on the admission of guilt by the two of you of trespassing into the house … and stealing a bull whose worth is well above the minimum value to warrant amputation, I hereby order that each of you should have his right wrist amputated,” Judge Muhammadu Abubakar said.

“I hereby order that the sentence be carried out on October 8, on market day for members of the public to witness.”

The convicts were arraigned on August 8 following complaints to the police by a resident accusing them of stealing his bull from his house, which led to their arrest, court documents showed.

Sharia law is in place across 12 states in predominately Muslim northern Nigeria, but it is selectively enforced.

It provides for amputation of the wrist for theft and it would be the second time such a sentence is handed down in Zamfara, the first of Nigeria’s 36 states to reintroduce sharia law after the country returned to democratic rule in 1999.

In 2001, a notorious cattle rustler had his right wrist amputated following conviction by a sharia court in the state capital Gusau for stealing a bull after the then state governor approved the sentence.

The amputation drew outrage from local and international rights groups, which led to the overturning of more than a dozen amputation sentences across the 12 predominantly Muslim states.

Nigeria is Africa’s most populous nation, and its 150 million people are roughly divided between a mainly Muslim north and predominately Christian south.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/09/sharia-court-sentences-two-to-amputation-for-theft/

This is inhuman. No wonder they needed this and they all raining BokoHaram to increase

iyatrustee:

yet the real thieves are in the comfort of thier offices stealing in the billions

Sweetnecta:

wish they could amputate the hands of those big officials who say they are muslims. but their hands in public funds entrusted to them belie their true identity.

While I think mercy is more than justify, if justice is to be practiced, it should start from the big bosses who say they are muslims.

Allah expresses Mercy more often than Justice.

LagosShia:

amputation for theft is only justified when the people are well taken care of and are not in need for food and when the leaders are righteous and not corrupt.

Rgp92:

Yet the biggest thieves IBB, Buhari and OBJ are still alive. . . 

kufreabasi:

GUSAU (AFP) – An Islamic sharia court in  Zamfara State has sentenced two men to amputation of their right wrists for stealing a bull, with the amputation to be carried out in public if it is given final approval.

The sharia court in the village of Nassarawan Mailayi in the northern state of Zamfara on Thursday ordered that Auwalu Abubaka, 23, and Lawalli Musa, 22, have their right hands chopped off for stealing a bull worth 130,000 naira ($867, 628 euros).

However, the two men have 30 days to appeal their sentence and the state governor must approve any amputation So the state governor is GOD . Such sentences have only rarely been carried out in Nigeria.

“Based on the admission of guilt by the two of you of trespassing into the house … and stealing a bull whose worth is well above the minimum value to warrant amputation, I hereby order that each of you should have his right wrist amputated,” Judge Muhammadu Abubakar said. For what is this the right judgement? what the hell is this judgement all about

“I hereby order that the sentence be carried out on October 8, on market day for members of the public to witness.”to withness and do what with it?? ok lesson to others, pls sharia law makers you guys should grow up, are we still in dark

The convicts were arraigned on August 8 following complaints to the police by a resident accusing them of stealing his bull from his house, which led to their arrest,  so they were not cought?? rather accusation, court documents showed.

Sharia law is in place across 12 states in predominately Muslim northern Nigeria, but it is selectively enforced.

It provides for amputation of the wrist for theft and it would be the second time such a sentence is handed down in Zamfara, the first of Nigeria’s 36 states to reintroduce sharia law after the country returned to democratic rule in 1999.

In 2001, a notorious cattle rustler had his right wrist amputated following conviction by a sharia court in the state capital Gusau for stealing a bull after the then state governor approved the sentence.

The amputation drew outrage from local and international rights groups, which led to the overturning of more than a dozen amputation sentences across the 12 predominantly Muslim states.

Nigeria is Africa’s most populous nation, and its 150 million people are roughly divided between a mainly Muslim north and predominately Christian south.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/09/sharia-court-sentences-two-to-amputation-for-theft/

This is inhuman. No wonder they needed this and they all raining BokoHaram to increase

I wonder what the Muslims on Nairaland have to say about such a barbarous sentence.

baby-boy:


Tell me what happen to Achan in the Book of Joshua? when he stole the spoils of Jericho?