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Court jails surety for failing to produce suspect who stole seasoning cubes

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An Area Court in Jos, on Thursday, sentenced one Sani Ukasha, aged 31, to three months imprisonment for failing to produce an accused person he stood surety for.
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An Area Court in Jos, on Thursday, sentenced one Sani Ukasha, aged 31, to three months imprisonment for failing to produce an accused person he stood surety for.

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The judge, Shawomi Bokkos, sentenced Ukasha, who pleaded guilty to the charge and pleaded for leniency.

Bokkos, however, gave the surety an option of ₦10,000 fine.

Earlier, the prosecutor, Inspector Ibrahim Gokwat, told the court that the surety failed to produce an accused person in a case of seasoning cubes theft.

Gokwat said that Ukasha failed to produce the accused when needed in court, in contravention of the Plateau State Penal Code, Law.

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