A Kano State Shari’a Court sitting at Kofar Kudu has placed a man, Khalifa Auwal, on a six-month community service bond after finding him guilty of criminal trespass and theft.
As part of the sentence, the court also ordered him to undergo Islamic studies at an Islamiyya school during the period.
The state counsel arraigned the defendant on two counts, telling the court that Auwal was arrested while cutting iron rods at the ongoing Tal’adu Bridge construction site in Gwale Local Government Area of the state.
Auwal pleaded guilty to the charges when they were read to him in court.
In his ruling, the presiding judge, Shamsuddeen Ado Abdullahi Unguwar Gini, ordered that the convict be subjected to 50 strokes of the cane in addition to the six-month community service bond.
The judge also directed that Auwal should study Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) under the supervision of Audu Dan Hajiya, a court official, as part of measures aimed at his rehabilitation.
