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Magistrate Orders 10 Strokes of Cane for Bus Conductor Who Slapped Passenger in Kaduna
A Kaduna Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday sentenced a 20-year-old bus conductor, Abubakar Shehu, to 10 strokes of the cane for assaulting a female passenger over a dispute about transportation fare.
Magistrate Ibrahim Emmanuel delivered the judgment after Shehu pleaded guilty to the charge of assault. The magistrate said the court had been lenient because the convict admitted the offence and did not waste the court’s time. He warned Shehu to refrain from similar conduct in future, stressing that the court would not treat such behaviour lightly again.
Emmanuel also ordered the convict to write an undertaking to be of good behaviour.
Prosecutor Inspector Chidi Leo told the court that the offence occurred on July 24 at Kawo in Kaduna. According to the prosecutor, Shehu had an altercation with the complainant, Hadiza Rabiu, over the transport fare and slapped her twice on the face. The act, Leo said, contravened the Penal Code of Kaduna State, 2017.
I hope that her legal expenses will be properly handled by Shahu before he collects the strokes ofcane.
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