Man Sentenced To Two Years In Prison For Calling Adamawa Governor, AhmaduFintiri 'Father Of All Thieves' | Sahara Reporters
A Chief Magistrate Court II, in Yola, Adamawa state on Wednesday convicted and sentenced a businessman, Ali Yakubu, to two years in prison for calling Adamawa state governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, father of all thieves in Nigeria. Yakubu was convicted and sentenced to two years in prison for using what the court held as an uncouth language against Governor Fintiri.
The sentence gave the convict an option of N50, 000 fine for using abusive language against Fintiri. However, he was convicted for 6 months without an option of fine for disturbance of public peace. Magistrate Japhet Ibrahim Basani found the businessman guilty, hence his conviction for the 2 offences as charged by the prosecution team.
SaharaReporters had reported that Yakubu on the11th, 12th, 13th, 17th, 20th and 29th of July, 2021 wrote and posted his views about the governor in Hausa and Fulfulde on his Facebook page.
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