A Magistrates’ Court in Minna, Niger State, at the weekend sentenced three men to 12 weeks’ imprisonment for stealing a dog.
The convicts, Isaac Saba, Philip Daniel and Ayo Ojo, were earlier arraigned on a two-count charge of conspiracy and theft.
They pleaded guilty.
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the crime is contrary to sections 298 and 287 of the Penal Code.
The Magistrate, Hamza Muazu, sentenced the convicts after they pleaded guilty.
He ordered each of them to serve a prison term of four weeks.
Muazu, however, gave each of them an option to pay N2, 000 fine or serve the prison term should they fail to meet the condition.
Prosecutor Aliyu Malami had told the court that Mary Adama of Kpakungu community in Minna reported the matter at the police station on April 3.
He said the convicts conspired among themselves to steal the dog, valued at N10, 000.