Nigeria Police Force on Wednesday arraigned a 20-year-old labourer, Sani Usaini, at a Kano Sharia Court bordering on alleged theft of five tubers of yam worth N10,000.
Usaini, who lives at Dan-Rimi Street, Rijiyar Lemo Quarters, Kano, is facing a count- harge of theft.
The Prosecutor, Insp Abdullahi Wada, told the court that the complainant, Umar Nuhu, who resides at Brigade Quarters, reported the matter at the Fagge Police Station, Kano, on Sept. 6.
He alleged that on the same date at 05:30p.m , the defendant trespassed into Umar’s business place where he sells yam along Galadima Market in Fagge Local Government Area and stole the tubers of yam.
Wada said the defendant was caught red handed while trying to sell the stolen yams to another person.
The prosecutor said the offence contravened the provisions of Section 133 of the Kano State Sharia Law.
The defendant, however, pleaded guilty to the charges.
The Judge, Ismai’l Muhammad-Ahmed, admitted the defendant to a fine of N6,000 or be remanded in correctional center for six months.