A Sharia Court in Kano has remanded a 37-year-old man, Yusha’u Ado to the Correctional facility for allegedly stealing 22 cartons of seasoning cubes worth N216,000.
Ado was arraigned by the police on a two-count charge of “criminal breach of trust and cheating”. The accused pleaded guilty to the charges when it was read to him.
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The prosecutor, Insp.Abdullahi Wada, had told the court that the complainant, one Jamilu Ibrahim of Galandanci Quarters, of Kano metropolis reported the matter at Sabon Gari police station on March 10.
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According to the Police First Information Report (FIR), the complainant reported that he entrusted Ado with 260 cartons of seasoning cubes to keep and only to discover that 22 cartons of seasoning cubes worth N216,000 were missing when he went to recover his goods.
The presiding judge, Bello Khalid after listening to the case ordered the defendant to be sent on remand, and subsequently adjourned the case till April 8, 2022.
