A Jos Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday sentenced a 32-year-old rider, Mathew Sunday to six months imprisonment for smoking dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp in public.
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The Magistrate, Shawomi Bokkos, summarily tried and sentenced the convict after he pleaded guilty to the charge.

Bokkos in his judgment, ordered the convict to pay an option of a fine of N30,000 or spend six months in prison.

He said the judgment would serve as a deterrent to offenders.

Earlier, the Prosecutor, Insp. Ijuptil Thlawur told the court that the case was reported on Aug. 17, at the “A” Division Police station by one Abdul Usman, a vigilante group member.

Thlawur said that the convict was caught behind a house smoking the substance.

The police said that the offence contravened the Plateau State Penal Code La
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