A Sharia Court sitting at Kofar Kudu in Kano and presided over by Judge Shamsudden Ado Abdullahi has sentenced a woman, Hassana Abdul, to five months of community service for trespass and assaulting another woman.
The defendant was arraigned for allegedly entering another woman’s house without permission and assaulting her following a disagreement involving the victim and the defendant’s friend.
The complainant subsequently reported the incident to the police, leading to the defendant’s arrest and prosecution.
When the charges were read before the court, the defendant pleaded guilty to the offences.
Following her plea, the court ordered her to clean an Islamiyya school in her neighbourhood for a period of five months. The court also gave her the option of paying a fine of N20,000 or serving a five-month jail term.