An Oredo
Magistrates’ Court in Benin, Edo State, has sentenced a 35-year-old woman,
Oduwa Egbenayabuwa, to two-year imprisonment for allegedly assaulting two
policemen.
The Chief
Magistrate, Mrs. RachaeI Ogbevoen, convicted the accused person on Thursday,
after finding her guilty on two-count related to assault.
Prior to her
conviction, Egbenayabuwa had appealed to the court for leniency, adding that
she was a first-time offender.
Ogbevoen,
however, gave the convict an option of fine in the sum of N30,000.
The Police
prosecutor, Patrick Agbonifo, had earlier said the offence was committed on
October 31, 2015.
Agbonifo had
explained that Egbenayabuwa assaulted one Isaikpere Alfred, said to be an
Inspector, by slapping him on his back while performing his lawful duty.
He said that
the convict also gripped and tore the uniform of one Wose Azubike, with force
number 502635 P/C, while on his lawful duty.
According to
him, the offence contravened Section 356(2) of the Criminal Code Cap. 48 Vol.
II, laws of the defunct Bendel State of Nigeria, 1976, as applicable in Edo
State.
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