- Man Jailed for Stealing Worshippers’ Shoes at Mosque
- Shoes stolen worth N100,000
- Option of N5000 fine
Yusuf Usman has been sentenced to six months in prison by a Shari’a Court in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State, for stealing shoes from worshippers at the Government College Mosque in Kaduna.
Eko Hot Blog gathered that the convict was given an option of a N5,000 fine, in addition to a N150,000 compensation order to be paid to the mosque committee. Failure to pay the compensation will result in a one-year extension of his prison term.
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Police prosecutor ASP Luka Sadau informed the court that mosque committee members caught Usman on June 13, subsequently handing him over to the police.
“On the said date, after the conclusion of Jumaat prayers, the defendant stole shoes belonging to worshippers worth N100,000,” Sadau said.
According to him, during investigations, Usman confessed that he habitually visited the mosque during Friday prayers to steal shoes, which he later sold at Monday Market or in Maraban Rido.
“Failure to pay the compensation would attract an additional one-year imprisonment,” the court ruled.
