The Kano State Upper Sharia Court, City Number 1, presided over by Ibrahim Sarki Yola has sentenced 20 lashes with cane and 180 days in a correctional centre against six phone snatchers who were found guilty of their charges.
It will be recalled that the convicted persons were arrested in different locations within the Kano metropolis.
According to the First Information Report by the police, the convicts were apprehended after a series of complaints from members of the public.
It was also reported that “Eight stolen phones in their possession were recovered and they couldn’t give any satisfactory information in relation to how they acquired the phones.”
Also found in their possession were knives and other weapons.
The six convicts of different addresses in Kano Metropolis are Umar Ibrahim, Abba Sani, Abubakar Yusuf, Ahmad Mustapha, Aliyu Bashir and Ahmad Musa.
Though they all pleaded guilty they, however, prayed the court to temper justice with mercy.
However, Alhaji Sarki Yola ordered 20 lashes be administered to each of the convicts, while they are to serve 180 days at a correctional centre.
The judge said, “This will serve as a deterrent to other culprits who are terrorising the public.”
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