A Sharia Court in Kano sentenced a 35-year-old man, Sabiu Abdullahi, to 50 lashes for stealing five roofing sheets.
Abdullahi, a resident of Mariri Quarters in Kano, was charged with trespassing and theft, offenses that violate Sections 134 and 287 of the Kano State Penal Code Law.
He pleaded guilty to the charges.
The Prosecution Counsel, Zahradeen Abubakar, told the court that one Anas Yakubu of Tamburawa Quarters reported the matter at the Mariri Police Station on July 21.
Abubakar said the defendant unlawfully trespassed into the complainant’s residence in his absence and stole the roofing sheets.
In his ruling, the Judge of the court, Malam Umar Lawal, ordered that the defendant be given 50 strokes of the cane.
