A 48-year-old man, identified as Mathias Yusuf, was sentenced to a 3-month jail term and community service on Thursday for the offence of theft.
Mathias was jailed for three months by the Jail Delivery Committee, headed by Adamawa State Chief Judge Justice Hafsat Abdulrahman, during the jail delivery process.
He was earlier remanded at the Jimeta Custodial Centre by the Chief Magistrate Court II on the 19th August 2025, for the offence of theft contrary to Section 278 of the Penal Code Law.
The convict told the committee that he had stolen 6 bottles of liquor as well as cigarettes at a beer parlour in Jambutu, Yola North local government area of the state.
He added that he was apprehended after drinking the liquor and getting drunk.
Yusuf’s jail term was to count from the time of his remand as he was also ordered to sweep a health facility at Jambutu.
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