By Lontong Ibrahim
A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, Nigeria Federal Capital on Tuesday sentenced 10 men to two weeks imprisonment each for loitering by the Area Court.
The convicts were accused of loitering around Gwarimpa area, Abuja, and were arraigned on a charge of constituting public nuisance. They admitted committing the offence.
The convicted men are Emmanuel Hassan, Bagu Ayuba, Nicholas Jeremiah, Uchenna Hysinth, Tunde Musa, Daniel Abel, Paul Bago, Adeniyi Oladepo, Nicholas Titus, and Awalu Usman.
The Judge, Abubakar Sadiq, however, gave the men an option of N2,000 fine each and warned them to desist from committing crimes.
Vanguard reported that, the prosecutor, Florence Auhioboh, earlier told the court that a police patrol team attached to Gwarimpa Estate, Abuja, led by DSP Solomon Adebayo, arrested the men on March 25.
She said the men were arrested while loitering at an area in Gwarimpa notorious for committing of crimes.
Auhioboh further noted that after many interrogations, they could not give satisfactory explanation of their mission in the area; adding that the offence committed was punishable under Section 183 of the Penal Code.
The men who were pleaded guilty prayed the court to temper justice with mercy as they didn’t know the area was a black spot.