A 40-year-old unemployed man, Cletus Gandu, has stirred emotions and highlighted the depth of Nigeria’s economic crisis by his testimony in court.
Gandu, charged with criminal trespass and theft by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), admitted to stealing two tubers of yam due to hunger.
“Hunger pushed me to steal yam on two occasions. I beg for leniency,” Gandu pleaded at the Magistrate’s Court in Kafanchan.
Magistrate Michael Bawa, after Gandu’s guilty plea, deferred sentencing to August 6 and ordered his remand in custody.
The NSCDC Prosecutor, Marcus Audu, relayed to the court that Alice Daniel, the complainant, reported the theft to the NSCDC office in Kafanchan on July 15.
Gandu was accused of stealing the yams from Daniel’s farm in Zonkwa on two separate occasions, violating Sections 327 and 270 of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law.
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