A customary court in Kafanchan, Kaduna, has sentenced an 18-year-old boy, Gado Adamu, to five months’ imprisonment for stealing a pregnant goat.
Adamu was also charged with unlawful possession of a weapon, contrary to sections 345 and 270 of the Kaduna State Penalty Code Law.
When the charge was read to Adamu, he pleaded guilty and begged for leniency.
Delivering her ruling on March 18, the presiding judge, Patience Baryat, sentenced Adamu to three months in prison for unlawful possession of a weapon.
She, however, gave the convict the option of a N20,000 fine.
