A Jos Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday sentenced a labourer, Ismail Mohammed, to one month imprisonment for wearing a camouflage uniform and impersonating a military personnel.
Mohammed, a resident of Tudun Wada in Jos, Plateau, was sentenced after pleading guilty and begging the court for leniency.
The Prosecutor, Cpl. Bashiru Karimu, had earlier told the court that on Jan. 30, the security outfit, Operation Safe Heaven on Bauchi Road, had reported the case at the A Division police station.
He said his men had arrested the accused on the same day at Hammas GSM plaza on Ahmadu Bello Way in Jos wearing the military outfit.
The prosecutor said that when the accused was accosted, he claimed to be a military personnel serving in Imo.
He said that during police investigation, the suspect confessed that he was not a military personnel.
The offence, the prosecutor said, was contrary to Section 130 of the Penal Code Law.
The presiding Magistrate, Mrs Helen Danboyi, sentenced Mohammed to one month imprisonment. (NAN)