Man bags two year jail sentence for allegedly calling police ‘thieves’

25-year-old Bala Hassan has bagged a two yr jail senetence for allegedly referring to policemen as thieves.

Hassan was handed the jail sentence on Tuesday September 21, after being convicted by a Yola Prison Space Court docket 2.

Court docket paperwork revealed that Bala was arrested in Yola on Monday September 19, throughout a criminal offense 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.

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

In a First Data Report (FIR) tendered in courtroom by Inspector Danjuma Hamidu, it was alleged that Bala stated he would slightly die than be a part of the Nigeria Police Drive as a result of policemen are criminals.

After admitting calling cops thieves on Tuesday September 21, the Decide, Hon Nuhu Musa Garta sentenced him to two years in jail however gave him an choice of a N50,000 wonderful.