A lower court in the Nigerian capital of Abuja has sentenced a 28 year old man to four months in prison, with hard labour, for stealing shoes in a mosque.
The Abuja Grade 2 Area Court in Kado on Wednesday found Isah Abdullahi, from Utako Village, guilty 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.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Sgt. Simeon Ibrahim, 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. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Its a normal thing,everytime ppl lose shoes,bike e.t.c in d mosque them suppose cut d guy hand no b so d their holy book?
ReplyDeleteu are talking as if u knw anything abt islam,mind ur self nd keep dat smelin mouth short.
ReplyDeleteStupid tin! Was it pronounced a sharia court?
ReplyDeleteserves them right so that next time the y will wear their shoes into the mosque! i wish the guy kept stealing and wasnt caught...Nigerians are copy cats abeg let another person start as soon as possible without being exposed so that if they will not wear their shoes into the mosque then they shud walk down on their bare feets and leave their shoes at home
ReplyDeleteLolz,dat way shoes and slippers will come Cheap in d Marke
ReplyDeleteAfter all Our Forefathers who invented Islam neither wore Shoes or pam to the Mosques or its entry.Worshippers should keep their sandals at home abeg.
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