A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, sentenced a 57-year-old businessman, Haruna Isah, to three months imprisonment for causing grievous hurt.
Isah of Utako village, Abuja, was convicted on a charge of causing grievous hurt.
He pleaded guilty and begged for leniency.
The Judge, Sadiq Abubakar, however, gave the convict an option of fine of N10, 000, and said that it was intended to serve as a deterrent to others.
The prosecuting counsel, Auhioboh Florence, had told the court that the convict used his goods to block one Bamigbade Nurudeen at Utako Market on December 12.
She said that when Nurudeen asked him to remove the goods, the convict refused and in the process, violently attacked Nurudeen with a broken chair.
According to the prosecutor, Isah used the chair to inflict serious injury on Nurudeen’s right eye and ran away.
She said that Nurudeen reported the incident at Utako Police Station on the same day, adding that the complainant also lost N35, 000 during the attack on him.
“So far the complainant has spent N15, 000 on his treatment,” she said.
The prosecutor said that the Isah committed the offence at about 4.30 p.m.
She told the court that during the police investigation, the convict confessed to committing the crime, and said that the offence violated Section 196 of the Penal Code.
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