Court sends three labourers to jail for stealing tubers of yam

– A court in Abuja has jailed three  labourers for stealing tubers of yam

– The convicts were given the option of fine of N6,000 each

– The convicts inability to pay their fines force the court to send them to prison 

Three labourers have begged two months imprisonment each for steealing 67 tubers of yam.

The trio was on Wednesday, February 24 sentenced  by a Lugbe Grade 1 Area Court in the Federal Capital Territory.

News Agency of Nigeria reports that three convicts are Isiaka Hassan, 21; Aminu Amodu, 25; and Sani Isah, 25 – all residents of Kapwa Village, Airport Road, Abuja.

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The  presiding judge, Garba Ogbede, however, gave the convicts an option of N6, 000 fine each.

He warned them to desist from committing crime and ordered that the 67 tubers of yam should be returned to the owner.

The convicts could not pay the fines and were taken to Kuje Prisons.

They all pleaded guilty to the charges of stealing and conspiracy and begged for leniency.

Following the guilty plea by the accused, the prosecutor urged the court to try them summarily under Section 347 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015.

Earlier, Prosecutor Ndidi Ukaoha told the court that the complainant, Sakoma Yeyeyi of Lugbe Primary School, Airport Road, Abuja, reported the incident at Lugbe Police Station on February 17.

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She said the accused went to Yeyeyi’s farm near River Park Estate, Abuja, and harvested 67 tubers of yam.

Yeyeyi said: “Hassan and his colleagues were apprehended and handed over to the police immediately on Feb.17.’’

The offences contravened the provisions of Section 79 and 287 of the Penal Code, Laws of the Federation.

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