Tricyclist jailed one year for slapping policeman, shooting at him
The Jos Magistrates’ Court, on Wednesday, sentenced a 24-year-old tricycle rider, Benjamin Bulus to one year in prison for smoking marijuana and assaulting a policeman.
The magistrate, Shawomi Bokkos, summarily tried and sentenced the convict after he pleaded guilty to the two-count charge of assault and possession of marijuana.
Mr Bokkos, who sentenced Bulus to one year jail term on each of the two-count, said that the sentence was to run concurrently.
The magistrate said that the sentence on the first count of assault was without an option of fine while Mr Bulus was given an option of N20,000 fine on the second count.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Insp Ibrahim Gokwat told the court that the case was reported at the Laranto Police station Jos by Mathias Chung, on May 25.
Mr Gokwat said that Chung made a distress call to the police that the convict was constituting a nuisance in the environment, smoking marijuana near his residence.
When the police arrived at the scene, Mr Bulus slapped a policeman and went for his gun, shot at him with intention to kill, but missed his target.
The offences, the prosecutor said, contravened the Plateau State Penal Code Law.
(NAN)
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