25-Year-Old Man Bags 2 Year Jail Term For Insulting Police Officers

A criminal court sitting in Yola, the Adamawa state capital has sentenced 25-year-old Bala Hassan for allegedly referring to the police as thieves.

The man bagged a two year imprisonment after exchanging words with some operatives of the Yola police command.

The Judge, Hon Nuhu Musa Garta handed Hassan a two-year jail sentence on Tuesday, September 21.

Court documents further revealed that Bala was arrested in Yola on Monday, September 19, during a crime prevention patrol led by Inspector Ishaya Buba of Jimeta Police Division and charged with being in possession of dry leaves suspected to be Indian hemp.

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After being brought to the divisional police headquarters for further investigation following an unsatisfactory account he gave, he rained curses on the police, saying all of them are nothing but thieves.

In a First Information Report (FIR) tendered in court by Inspector Danjuma Hamidu, it was alleged that Bala said he would rather die than join the Nigeria Police Force because policemen are criminals.

After admitting to calling police officers thieves on Tuesday, September 21, Judge Musa Garta sentenced him to two years in prison but gave him an option of an N50,000 fine.