Man to spend 14 days in jail for stealing in the Mosque

Abuja- An Abuja Magistrates' court, yesterday, sentenced 26-year-old Rabiu Aliyu to 14 days imprisonment for stealing a mobile phone in the Mosque. The magistrate, Zubairu Mohammed who sentenced the convict gave him an option to pay a fine of #3,000. Mohammed said cases of theft was becoming too rampant in the society, so the convict must be punished to serve as a deterrent to others. Earlier the prosecutor, Simon Emmnuel, had told the court that Salisu Sani of Kado village , Abuja, reported the case at the new life camp police station on March 27. Emmnuel said the convict of Unguwar cement village, life camp, Abuja, stole the valued at #5,000, from the complainant in the Mosque on March 25. He said after the complainant had finished praying in the Mosque, he fell asleep with his phone beside him, while the convict quietly took it and went away.