The Upper Area Court 4 in Yola, Adamawa State, has sentenced an 18-year-old boy, Usman Hassan, to 3-years in prison for st#aling livestock.
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The teenager reportedly stole two rabbits, six chickens, two ducks and a half carton of fish in Yola.
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The convict, who was sentenced on Thursday, April 21, disclosed that he committed the crime in order to buy Sallah clothes for himself and his siblings.
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According to him, “I was forced to st#al so that I can raise money to buy sallah clothes for myself and brothers. My father had divorced my mother leaving her with many of us children; presently, we do not know his whereabouts.
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Our mother is poor and could not be able to buy clothes for us to celebrate sallah; that is why I decided to st#al in order to raise money to buy clothes for Sallah.”
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Judge Ibrahim Musa Ulenda convicted and sentenced him to three years imprisonment, but gave him an option of N50,000 fine and N30,000 compensation.
