28-Year-Old Man Jailed For Stealing Shoes Of Worshipers From Mosque

A 28-year-old man, Isah
Abdullahi has been sentenced by
the lower court in Abuja to four
months imprisonment with hard
labour for stealing shoes in a
mosque.
Isah Abdullahi from Utako village
was found guilty by the Abuja Grade
2 Area Court in Kado on Wednesday
over the theft of seven pairs of
shoes.
Mr Ahmed Ado, the presiding judge,
sentenced the convict after he
pleaded guilty to the one-count
charge. Abdullahi was not given an
option of fine.
Ado said that Abdullahi was a
heartless man, having stolen from a
mosque.
He said that if anyone could go to a
church or mosque to steal, it meant
that the person was heartless and
could do worst things anywhere.
The prosecutor, Sgt. Simeon
Ibrahim, had earlier told the court
that Abdulrazak Abdullahi, the Chief
Imam of Utako Village Mosque,
Abuja, lodged a report against the
accused at the Utako Police Station.
Ibrahim said the complainant
reported that the convict had, while
the Isha’i prayer was going on
inside the mosque, formed criminal
intention and dishonestly stole
seven different pairs of shoes.
He said the shoes belonged to the
worshipers who had come to the
mosque for prayers. The convict
was caught red-handed.
The prosecutor said the offence
contravened the provisions of
Section 287 of the Penal Code.
Ibrahim said that the shoes had
been recovered from the convict
and that he confessed to stealing
them.