Recession!! Hungry Man Remanded In Prison For Stealing Garri In Nasarawa

A 23 year old man, simply identified as Abubakar has been been
sentenced to 18-months imprisonment by a Mararaba Grade 1 Area Court
at Aso Pada, Nasarawa State, on Monday for stealing a bag of cassava
flakes aka garri.
The man Abubakar, who resides at Shopping Centre Mararaba, was
sentenced on one-count of theft after he pleaded guilty to the crime
and begged for leniency.
The prosecutor, Agabi Auta, told the court that one Anjenu John of Aku
village, Mararaba, reported the matter at the 'A' Divisional Police
Headquarters Mararaba on Aug. 25.
Auta said;
"The defendant went into the complainant's shop located along Darika
Jummat Mosque, Mararaba and stole a bag of garri valued at N15, 000.
The prosecutor added that the defendant had been caught as he made to
leave with the bag.
He also confessed to stealing the item with a view to selling it and
get money to buy other food items.
Auta said that the offence contravened the provisions of Section 287
of the Penal Code.
The convict said that hunger led him to crime.
"It was hunger that led me to do it, I have stayed without food for
days and I needed money to buy food.
"Have mercy on me and I promise never to do it again,'' he pleaded.
The judge, however, gave the convict N5,000 option of fine.