The Enchi District Magistrate Court in the Western North Region has fined a labourer, GH¢1,200 or in default nine months imprisonment for stealing a 64-year-old farmer’s nanny goat valued at GH¢1,500 at Dadieso.   

Saiba Yusif, 37, a notorious thief in his neighbourhood, pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing.   

The court presided over by Lawrence Buanor-Buer convicted Yusif on his own plea and further ordered him to pay GH¢3,000 in compensation to the complainant, Godfred Konti.   

General Sergeant Stephen Offei Asante told the court that the complainant and Yusif resided at Dadieso in the Suaman district of the Western North Region.   

He said that on September 11, 2025, the complainant left his four goats out to graze, but one nanny goat failed to return to their pen.   

The prosecutor said the complainant reported the matter at the Dadieso police station and informed some food vendors in his area that his goat was missing, asking them to alert him if they found it.   

General Sergeant Asante said on September 15, 2025, that the police, who had received a tip-off that the accused was behind the theft, started monitoring him, and he was arrested while attempting to sell the meat.   

He said Yusif was escorted to the police station, cautioned, and, after investigation, brought before the court and charged with stealing.