Crime
Another defendant awaiting sentence, one jailed 30 months for insulting others, pleading guilty
Insulting people now and pleading later in court is a risky thing to do in Nigeria, having landed an Adamawa businessman in jail for 30 months, and another defendant is looking at prison in the horizon.
While the businessman was sentenced for posting on Facebook that Gov Umaru Fintiri is the father of all thieves for stealing Indomie, Spaghetti and billions, Rabiu Usman awaits sentence for insulting a married woman.
A Magistrates’ Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, on Thursday ordered that a man Usman, who pleaded guilty to insulting a married woman unprovoked, be remanded pending sentencing,
Magistrate Michael Bawa, fixed Aug. 13 for sentencing.
The complainant, Jamila Yusuf, had dragged Usman to court for intentional insult without provocation and defamation of character in a direct criminal suit.
The offence are contrary to the provisions of sections 379 and 372 of the Penal Code Law of Kaduna State.
Yusuf alleged that the defendant called her a pig and a stupid illiterate who was born out of wedlock via a text message on Aug. 7.
She said she did nothing to Usman to warrant such insults.
When the charges were read to Usman, he pleaded guilty and begged the court for leniency
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