Court Sentence Football Fans To 5yrs
An 18-year-old man, Adamu Saidu, have been convicted to five years in prison for stabbing a man who was celebrating with his football team after winning a match.
The presiding Magistrate, Mr Lawal Suleiman, of an Upper Area Court sitting in Kasuwan Nama, Jos, sentenced Saidu after he pleaded guilty to causing grievous hurt and begged the court for leniency.
Magistrate Suleiman, however, gave the convict an option to pay a fine of one hundred thousand naira and a five thousand naira to the complainant, Gali Khali.
The Magistrate noted that the judgment would serve as a deterrent to those who would want to indulge in such grievous criminal act.
Earlier, the Police Prosecutor, Ibrahim Gokwat told the court that the case was reported on October 11, at the Laranto Police Station.
The offence, he said, contravenes the provisions of sections 58 and 215 and punishable under sections 59 and 215 of Plateau State code law.
Source: Agency
