Amputations under Islamic law are rare in Nigeria and the court said the men could appeal against their sentences. Nigeria's government recognises aspects of Islamic law in its 12 mainly Muslim northern states.
Judge Muhammadu Abubakar, hearing the case in the village of Nassarawan Mailayi, said Abubaka and Musa had pleaded guilty to stealing the bull from a local resident. "Based on the admission of guilt by the two of you of trespassing into the house... and stealing a bull whose worth is well above the minimum value to warrant amputation, I hereby order that each of you should have his right wrist amputated," Judge Muhammadu Abubakar told the convicts.
The bull was valued at $867 (£544), reports say. The sentence would take place on "market day [8 October] for members of the public to witness", Judge Abubakar said. The judge, however, gave Abubaka and Musa the right to appeal against the sentence.
2 comments:
Horrendous. I wonder what the punishment would have been if they hadn't confessed. A beheading?
No. Thats a trick you have to know in Islamic countries, never confess, if you dont confess they have to consider that a mistake may have been made and that when the real guilty party puts their hand up in a few months time, the authorities will have to reattach the innocent persons hand, and we all know that the stitching quality in 3rd world countries is very low. So what they do instead of cutting your hand off is dismember your penis, then, if a mistake is made, they just say "sorry it was a cock up" and offer you a breast augmentation. This method improves the country immensely as not only does it keep the population down, but it also improves the overall good looks of the countries people.
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