A SHARIA Court in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State, on Monday sentenced three blind and three physically challenged men to one month each in correctional centre for fighting in public.
The police charged Jamilu Aliyu, Muhammad Abubakar, Tukur Musa, Kabiru Sulaiman, Ibrahim Muhammad and Dauda Tukur with public disturbance, criminal conspiracy and causing injury.
Judge Murtala Nasir sentenced them after they pleaded guilty to the offence.
The judge, however, gave them an option of N1,000 fine each.
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Earlier, the police counsel Sgt. Aliyu Ibrahim told the court that the police division in Magajin Gari was called on October 3, at about 7:10 pm that the defendants were engaged in a fight.
Ibrahim alleged that they were caught fighting with knives and sticks.
He alleged that a bystander Okasha Magaji was injured during the fight.
The offence, he said, is punishable under Sections 59, 77 and 218 of Kaduna State Penal Code Law.
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