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Man, 27, jailed for 3 weeks for roaming around

Sunday Vincent, 27, was arrested and charged before a Kado Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Thursday which later sentenced him to three weeks imprisonment for public nuisance.

Man, 27,  jailed for 3 weeks for roaming around

News reports have revealed that a 27-yr-old man has been arrested and jailed for 3 weeks for roaming around the streets of Lagos.

Sunday Vincent, 27, was arrested and charged before a Kado Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Thursday which later sentenced him to three weeks imprisonment for public nuisance.

The presiding judge, Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq, reportedly gave Vincent an option of paying N3,000 in fine, warning him to desist from committing any other crimes following his incerceration.

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Vanguard reports that the convict, had no fixed address, and had been tried and convicted for wandering the streets of Abuja without a satisfactory explanation on his reasons for doing so.

The prosecutor, Zeerah Doglass, revealed to the court that Vincent had earlier been arrested by the police patrol team attached to Ademola Adetokunbo street, Wuse two, Abuja, before being taken to the Kado Police Station Abuja, on January 1.

Doglass went on to say that the offence for which Vincent was arrested, is punishable under Section 198 of the Penal Code.

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