By
Joy Kaka
A Kubwa Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on
Thursday ordered that one Markus Joshua, be given 12 strokes of the cane for
causing public nuisance.
The judge, Abdulwahab Mohammed,
warned Joshua who admitted committing the offence to desist from committing
crime and be of good behaviour.
Joshua was convicted on a count
charge of causing public nuisance.
The prosecutor, Babajide Olanipekun, had told the court that Joshua was
found in a black spot in Kubwa village, Abuja, on Sept. 9.
He said that Joshua was smoking and
selling weeds suspected to be cannabis sativa (a.k.a. Indian hemp).
Olanipekun said that during
investigation, 40 wraps of the weed were recovered from Joshua.
He said that the offence contravened
the provisions of Section 183 of the Penal Code.
NAN
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