Man to receive 6 strokes of cane for stealing cell phone

A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Wednesday ordered that one Abdulrahama Sally, be given six strokes of the cane for stealing a cell phone.

Sally who resides in Utako, Abuja, had pleaded guilty to a two-count charge of joint act and theft.

The judge, Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq, who gave the order, after Sally admitted committing the offence, said that the court might not be lenient with him the next time he appeared before it.

The prosecutor, Zannan Dalhatu, had told the court that the matter was reported by one Eugene Dauda, of same address with Sally, at the Utako Police Station on March 29.

The prosecutor said that the convict on that same date, with one person who is now at large, snatched the complainant’s Tecno cell phone valued at N30,000.

Dalhatu said that the person at large escaped with the phone and Sally was caught with the help of passersby.

During the police investigation, he confessed to the crime.

The offences contravened Sections 79 and 288 of the Penal Code.