A Jos Justice of the Peace courtroom on Wednesday sentenced a 24-year-old tricycle rider, Benjamin Bulus, to at least one 12 months in a correctional heart for smoking marijuana and assaulting a policeman.
The Justice of the Peace, Shawomi Bokkos, tried summarily and sentenced the convict after he pleaded responsible to the cost of two counts of assault and possession of marijuana.
Bokkos, who sentenced Bulus to at least one 12 months in jail on every of the 2 counts, mentioned the sentences ought to run concurrently.
The Justice of the Peace mentioned the sentence on the primary depend of assault was and not using a effective possibility, whereas Bulus was given an possibility of N20,000 effective on the second depend.
Earlier, the Prosecutor, Ibrahim Gokwat instructed the courtroom that the case was reported at Laranto Jos Police Station by one Mathias Chung, on Could 25.
Gokwat mentioned that Chung made an emergency name to the police that the convict was a nuisance within the setting, smoking marijuana close to his residence.
When the police arrived on the scene, Bulus hit a policeman and went to get his gun, he shot him with the intention of killing him, however he missed his goal.
The offenses, the prosecutor mentioned, contravened the Plateau State Penal Code Regulation.
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