An unemployed man, Cletus Gandu, 40, on Wednesday confessed before a Kaduna state Magistrate Court that he stole two tubers of yam because he was hungry.
Gandu was being prosecuted by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC)fopr alleged tyeft and criminal trespass
Gandu told the Magistrates’ Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State that “hunger pushed me to steal yam on two occasions. I beg for leniency.”
The presiding judge, Michael Bawa, reserved sentencing until Aug.6, following the defendant’s guilty plea.
Bawa ordered that he should be remanded.
Earlier, the NSCDC Prosecutor, Mr Marcus Audu told the court that the complainant, Alice Daniel reported the matter at the corp’s office in Kafanchan on July 15.
Audu alleged that the defendant stole the yams from the complainant’s farm in Zonkwa on two occasions.
He said that the offence contravened the provisions of sections 327 and 270 of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law.