Students reportedly sentenced to two months for hawking fuel & constituting a nuisance in Abuja
A male student and his female partner have been sentenced
to two months imprisonment, each, by an Abuja Grade 1 Area Court for
hawking fuel in a jerry can along Abuja-Kubwa expressway, an act which
constitutes an embarrassment to the Government.
According to the prosecutor, a team of
police officers apprehended & arrested the accused, bringing them
to the police station with 55 litres of fuel in their possession.
According to Daily Trust, Eze Onyedikachi and Omowunmi Job were convicted for
perpetuating nuisance, an offence that contradicts section 199 of the
Penal Code. They pleaded guilty to the charges against them and were
sentenced to two months imprisonment each, by Judge Mohammed Marafa,
with an option of paying N2,000 fine each.
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