A Magistrates’ Court in Gwagwalada, FCT, on Tuesday, sentenced a 25-year-old electrician, Samson Eke, to three days of community service for intimidating a Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) official.
The police charged Eke of Angwan Dodo Gwagwalada, FCT with three counts of criminal trespass, mischief, and intimidation.
Magistrate Yusuf Ibrahim, sentenced Eke after he pleaded guilty to the charge.
Ibrahim ordered that the three days of community service must be carried out at the FRSC office in Gwagwalada.
He said that the unpaid work would last for two hours each day for the period of three days.
He warned the convict to desist from crimes and be of good behavior.
Earlier, the prosecution counsel Abdullahi Tanko, told the court that the complainant, Kwaji Drambi of FRSC, Gwagwalada, FCT, reported the matter at the police station on June 20.
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Tanko said that the convict criminally trespassed into the complainant’s room and destroyed his curtain valued at N10,000 and also used a knife to chase him.
He said that the offense contravened the provisions of sections 342, 326, and 396 of the Penal Code.
