A Mararaba Upper Area Court, in Nasarawa State, on Monday ordered that a 21-year-old phone repairer, Michael Adeku, be given 22 strokes of the cane for stealing four litres of palm oil.
However, we are left wondering about two things: first, whether the judgement does not constitute bodily harm? and secondary whether the court was a Shariah court or not?
Adeku, a resident of Yelwa Aso ‘B’, Mararaba, Nasarawa State, was convicted after pleading guilty to a two-count charge of criminal trespass and theft. The Judge, Mr Ibrahim Shekarau, warned the defendant to desist from such act.
“I, hereby order any of the court officials to give him 22 strokes of the cane,” he ordered.
