Injustice

Timoleon:
Without the option of fine, I would have opined that this was a miscarriage of justice. 6 months in prison for 3 tubers of Yam is too much.

There's option of fine.
#25,000

Vyreell:
So it’s easier to sentence one for stealing 3 tubers of yam because of hunger to those that loot in billions and rip the public off good standard of living….

A first time offender stealing 3 tubers of yam worth 3,000 Naira and who couldn't even afford a lawyer should at best be given a suspended sentence or community service. Sentencing him to 6 months imprisonment or 25,000 Naira fine may end up not benefiting the community because he is more likely to be imprisoned and learn from hardened criminals in the prison. Did the judge consider that the State will be feeding the man with N 126,000.00 at the rate of N 700 per day for 6 months? And at the end of that period you are more likely to get a newly minted criminal rather than a reformed man?

A man desperate enough to steal 3 tubers of yam is a man with very limited options and on the verge of plunging into crime and sending him to prison is just giving him free schooling and motivation to begin a life of crime. And in all these, the community loses more.