A court sitting in jos has sentenced one Mr Emmanuel Christopher, to one month in prison for stealing a sheep.
Emmanuel who is 25-year-old pleaded guilty to two counts of trespass as well as theft and begged the court for forgiveness.
The Judge, Shawomi Bokkos, sentenced the accused to one month in prison or an option of N10,000 fine.
Earlier, the police prosecutor, Insp Ibrahim Gokwat, told the court that the case was reported at the Anglo-Jos police station on April 17 by Samuel Elvis.
He said the complainant said the accused person, trespassed into his farm and stole his sheep valued at N 60,000.
The prosecutor further told the court that during the police investigation, the convict confessed to having committed the act.
The offence, he said, contravened the Plateau State Penal Code law of Northern Nigeria.
NAN