An Area Court in Jos on Tuesday, sentenced Isah Abubakar, Abdulrazak Salihu to three months imprisonment each for fighting in public and constituting a nuisance.
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The judge, Shawomi Bokkos, sentenced the convicts after they pleaded guilty to the offence.

The judge, however, gave the convicts the option of a N10,000 fine each or three months imprisonment for disturbing the peace of the public.
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Earlier, the police prosecutor, Insp. Monday Dabit, told the court that information was received at the Laranto police station that the convicts were engaged in a fight behind the St. Auustine Major Seminary.

Dabit said that during the police investigation, the suspects confessed to the crime.
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The police prosecutor said the offence contravened the provisions of Section 83 of the Plateau State Penal Code Law of Northern Nigeria.
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