Crime
Danfo drivers jailed 1 year each for unlawful possession of firearm
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Jos on Wednesday sentenced two commercial drivers to one year imprisonment each for unlawful possession of a locally-made pistol.
Magistrate Adar Baraje, sentenced David Musa,29 and Bitrus Zhi, 32, following a guilty plea they entered.
The magistrate gave the convicts an option to pay a fine of N7, 000 each.
Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Insp Alex Muleng told the court that the case was transferred from the Anglo-Jos Divisional Police Headquarters to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department In Jos on Jan. 7.
The prosecutor said that the convicts were caught by a team of officers during a stop-and-search patrol in Jos.
Muleng said that the convicts had no licence to carry a firearm.
The offence, he said, is punishable under section 27 (1) (b) (i) (ii) of the Fire Arms Act Cap.
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