Motorcycle Theft: Man To Spend Six Months In Correctional Centre

A Sharia Court ll, sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna, yesterday sentenced a bricklayer, Benjamin Ayuba, 25, to six months in correctional centre for stealing a motorcycle.
The Judge, Murtala Nasir, however gave the convict an option of N6,000 fine and also ordered him to pay N5,000 as compensation.
In his plea, the defendant, Ayuba, told the court that the motorcycle belonged to a church not the complainant.
Earlier, the police prosecutor, Sgt. Aliyu Ibrahim, told the court that on Sept. 30, at about 10:00am one Caleb Shittu of Mando, Kaduna, reported the case at the Kurmin Mashi police division.
He said that the complainant told the police that he parked his boxer motorcycle valued at N75,000 at about 2pm in front of his house at Mando, Kaduna, but was stolen few minutes after.
“During police investigation, the motorcycle was found in the possession of the accused and he confessed to have committed the crime,” the prosecutor told the court.
He said that the motorcycle was retrieved from the accused and released to the owner.
Ibrahim said the offense is punishable under section 139 of Kaduna State Sharia Law, 2002.
“We pray the court to sanction him accordingly and to order him pay us N5,000 as compensation”, he said.