An Abuja Senior Magistrates' Court on Friday sentenced a taxi driver, Chijioke Asogwa of Mararaba, Nasarawa State to two months in prison for causing obstruction.
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The presiding magistrate, Mr Aliyu Shafa, who handed down the judgment, however, gave the convict an option to pay N2, 000 as fine.
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Shafa said that the court recognised that the convict was a young man and a first offender that deserved the mercy of the court.
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"In order to serve as a deterrent to other offenders of like minds, the offence must not go unpunished.''
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The magistrate thereby sentenced the convict and ordered that his vehicle be returned to him by the police.