Nigeria, Sept. 15 -- A 20-year-old man was on Tuesday flogged five lashes for stealing nine measures of sorghum in Jigawa State.

Abdullahi Ya'u was found guilty of theft and trespass by an Islamic Sharia Court sitting in Dutse, the state's capital.

The judge, Muhammed Adamu, also sentenced the victim to five months in prison with an option of N3,000 fine.

He ordered that the victim be flogged five times in public to serve as a deterrent to others without an option of fine.

The convict was, however, after receiving the lashes, freed because he paid the fine of N3,000

The judge said the action of the victim contravenes section 183 and 148 for trespass and theft contrary to the penal code law of Jigawa State.

Mr Ya'u was arrested and p...