Judiciary
A Jos Magistrates’ Court on Monday sentenced a 26-year-old cobbler, Jude Jatau, to a year in jail without an option of fine.
Jatau had pleaded guilty to illegal possession of a locally-made pistol.
Magistrate Shawomi Bokkos summarily tried him, convicted him and sentenced him.
He said that the sentence would serve as a deterrent such a crime.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Insp Ibrahim Gokwat, told the court that the case was reported to a police station by police officers on routine search.
Gokwat said that the convict tied a locally-made gun around his waist.
He said that the offence was punishable under the the Plateau Penal Code Law. (NAN)
19th February, 2024.
C.E.
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