A Kubwa Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, yesterday, sentenced one Monday Joy, to four months imprisonment for escaping from a Police vehicle and assaulting an officer.
Joy, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to a four-count charge, bordering on public nuisance, escape from lawful custody and assault to deter public servant while performing his lawful duty.
The judge, Mohammed Marafa, gave Joy an option of N8,000 fine and warned her to desist from committing the crime and be of good behaviour.
The prosecutor, Babajide Olanipekun, had told the court that Joy was found along Movida Night Club, Kubwa, Abuja on January 19.
He said Joy could not give a satisfactory account of herself and was subsequently arrested.
Olanipekun said while the Police tried to take Joy to the Kubwa Police Station in a police patrol vehicle, she escaped from lawful custody.
The prosecutor said Joy was seen around Kubwa Police Station on January 20 and rearrested.
He said Joy acted violently and assaulted one Corporal Jide Ekundayo of the surveillance team, Kubwa Division, preven-ting him from performing his lawful duty.
Olanipekun said Ekundayo sustained severe body pain, while Joy refused to write a statement at the Police station.
He said the offences contravened Sections 153, 173, 267 and 142 of the Penal Code.
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Woman bags 4 months imprisonment for escaping from Police custody
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