Court sentences man to 1-yr imprisonment in Gusau. Guess his offence

A Sharia Court in Kanwuri, Gusau, Zamfara State, had sentenced one Shehu Jiga alias Lalo, to one year imprisonment and payment of N20,000 fine, for stealing a cap worth N47,000, belonging to Safiyanu Bashir Yuguda.
According to the complainant, it was the tradition in their family to pay Sallah homage to the Minister of State for Works, Bashir Yuguda, in his house, located at the GRA in Gusau metropolis.
He told the court that, on that fateful day, the accused, who was known to the family, was among the entourage, who visited the minister’s house.
However, immediately they left, his attention was drawn to the fact that the minister’s son’s cap had been stolen.
The complainant disclosed further that, he decided to personally interrogate those who went to the minister’s house and in the course of interrogating members of the entourage, that someone told him he saw the accused with a new cap.
On interrogating the accused, he confessed to have stolen the cap and had sold it to one Umar for N1,500.
Delivering his judgment, the Sharia court judge, Alhaji Hadi Sani, remarked that, based on the confessional statement made by the accused, the court had no option but to sentence hm to a year imprisonment and a fine of N20,000.