Kano: Man Jailed For Stealing Cemetery Signboards


A Sharia court in Kano State has ordered the remand in prison of one Hassan Adamu, 25, for stealing 15 iron signboards from a cemetery.

The prosecution counsel, Abdullahi Wada, told the court that the case was reported on August 21, at the Dala Police Station by one Bello Aliyu in Gwale Local Government Area.

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Wada revealed that the defendant trespassed into a cemetery and stole iron signboards.

The defendant pleaded guilty to the two-count charge of trespass and theft.

Conclusively, the Judge, Malam Umar Lawal-Abubakar, sentenced the defendant to six months in prison and ordered that he should be given 30 lashes of the cane.