An Abuja Grade 1 Area Court has sentenced four persons to 10 months imprisonment, each, for insulting a police officer while performing his lawful duty at a Kubwa Police Station.
The accused, all of Phase 4, Kubwa, were convicted for joint act, intentional insult, inciting disturbance, deformation of character and public nuisance contrary to Sections 79, 399, 114, 391 and 198 of the Penal Code.
The police prosecutor, Ephraim Lukas, told the court that the accused, jointly in furtherance of a common intention, used insulting words on a police officer while on duty at a Kubwa Police Station, with intent to cause breach of peace and dent the image of the Nigeria Police Force.
He said during investigation, it was discovered they were under the influence of narcotics, having been found in possession of a bottle suspected to have contained some hard drugs.
When the charges were read to the accused, they pleaded guilty and sentenced to 10 months imprisonment by the presiding judge, Mohammed Marafa.
They were, however given an option of N10,000 fine each.
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