A 40-year-old man, Cletus Gandu has been sentenced to nine months imprisonment for stealing two tubers of yam in Kaduna.
The verdict was delivered by a Magistrates’ Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State.
The convict admitted that he stole the tubers of yam because he was hungry and begged for leniency.
In his ruling, Magistrate Michael Bawa sentenced the defendant to three months for criminal trespass and nine months for theft.
According to the Prosecutor, Marcus Audu, the complainant, Alice Daniel, reported the matter at the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps’ office in Kafanchan on July 15
Audu explained that the convict stole the tubers of yam from the complainant’s farm in Zonkwa on two separate occasions
