A Minna Magistrates' Court in Niger state has condemned a security watch, Musa Isyaku, to three months detainment for evacuating All Progressives Congress charge sheets in Minna.
Isiyaku, 35, was docked on a charge of devilishness, in opposition to Section 327 of the Penal Code.
The Police Prosecutor, Inspector Ahmed Ali, told the court that Isyaku was captured on September 8 by men of the Chanchaga Security Committee while expelling the announcements.
Ali said the convict, who is additionally an inhabitant of Chanchaga Community, was given over to one Salihu Adamu, an APC youth pioneer in the zone, who gave the convict to the police.
The prosecutor said the convict pulverized and expelled some APC charge sheets put along the Minna-Suleja parkway.
He said that when faced, Isiyaku guaranteed the PDP announcements on a similar street had been evacuated by obscure people, so it was better the street remained without charge sheets.
At the point when the charge was perused to him, he conceded and asked the court for mercy.
The prosecutor, had be that as it may, supplicated the court to attempt him summarily in accordance with Section 157 of the Criminal Procedure Code.
The Magistrate, Sa'adatu Gambo, requested Isiyaku to pay a fine of N10, 000 or serve three months in jail in case of default to pay the cash.
(NAN)
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