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Student jailed for stealing TV, beans

A Magistrates’ Court sitting in the Kafanchan area of Kaduna State has sentenced a 24 year-old student, Daniel Nuhu, to 15 months in a correctional centre for stealing items, including television and beans.

Nuhu was charged by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) with criminal trespass and theft.

The student pleaded guilty to the charges and begged the court for leniency.

The NSCDC Prosecutor, Marcus Audu, on Thursday, March 27, 2025, told the court that the complainant, Deborah Swam, reported the matter at the NSCDC office in Kafanchan on March 5.

Audu explained that the defendant entered the complainant’s house at Zonkwa and stole her grains but got caught by one Fidelis Malam.

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He noted that the student stole the complainant’s box, television, laptop, three smartphones, and 35 measures of beans.

Audu stated that the offences contravene sections 327 and 270 of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law.

The Magistrate, Michael Bawa, in his ruling, sentenced the defendant to three months imprisonment or a fine of N30,000 for trespass and 12 months imprisonment or a fine of N50,000 for theft.

Bawa also ordered the student to pay the complainant N200,000 in compensation after the prosecutor made an application for N300,000.

The Star

Segun Ojo

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