Man Jailed For Removing APC Billboard In Niger State

A Minna Magistrates’ Court has sentenced a security guard, Musa Isiyaku, to three months imprisonment for removing All Progressive Congress bill boards in Minna, Niger State.

Isiyaku, 35, was docked on a charge of mischief, contrary to Section 327 of the Penal Code.

He said that when confronted, Isiyaku claimed the PDP billboards on the same road had been removed by unknown persons, so it was better the road stayed without bill boards.

When the charge was read to him, he pleaded guilty and begged the court for leniency.

The prosecutor, had however, prayed the court to try him summarily in line with Section 157 of the Criminal Procedure Code.

The Magistrate, Sa’adatu Gambo, ordered Isiyaku to pay a fine of N10, 000 or serve three months in prison in the event of default to pay the money.