A Yola Chief Magistrate Court II, presided over by
Magistrate Japhet Basani, has convicted and sentenced a Numan-based
businessman, Ali Yakubu Numan, to two-and-a-half-year jail term for calling
Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri ‘Father of all thieves.’
Numan was sentenced on Wednesday to two-year jail term with
option of N50,000 fine for using abusive language against Fintiri. He was also
sentenced to six-month imprisonment without option of fine for disturbance of public peace.
A businessman, who described
Governor Fintiri as ‘A thief and father of all thieves,’ was remanded in prison
custody following his arraignment for defamation by the Attorney General of
Adamawa State.
In ruling on the case on Wednesday, Magistrate Basani said that the court arrived at the verdict after it found the man guilty of the two charges brought against him by the prosecution.
Numan had, on the11th, 12th, 13th, 17th, 20th and 29th July
2021, written and published insulting statements in Hausa and Fulfulde
languages on his Facebook page against the governor.
He described Governor Fintiri in the publication as “a thief
and father of all thieves in Nigeria” who stole indomie, spaghetti and hundreds
of billions of naira from state coffers.
Earlier, counsels to the complainant, A. M. Iliyasu and M.A.
Adamu, had called two witnesses who testified in court and tendered
confessional statements in both English and Hausa languages respectively, among
other exhibits.
On his part, counsel to the defendant and now convict, R. N.
Agav, pleaded with the court to temper justice with mercy, informing the court
that his client was a first-time offender
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