Twenty-five women were yesterday sentenced to two months\u2019 imprisonment each by an Abuja Mobile Court for engaging in illegal activities in the Federal Capital Territory.<\/p>\n
The court also jailed six hawkers one month each for hawking in the city.<\/p>\n
Prosecutor Eze E. Eze had earlier told the court that the women were arrested\u00a0\u00a0 at various streets of the city in the early hours of Thursday.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe accused persons were carrying out activities that contravene Section 35 (1h) of the AEPB Act of 1997 and Section 45 of the Constitution.<\/p>\n
When the charges were read to the accused persons, they pleaded guilty and begged for leniency.<\/p>\n
Magistrate Aminu Abdullahi sentenced each of them to two months imprisonment or to pay N5,000 each as fine.<\/p>\n
The court also jailed Lawal Yahaya, Okeson David, Blessing John, Abubakar Amani, Ishaika Abdullahi and Francis Huse to one month imprisonment each for hawking on the city\u2019s streets.<\/p>\n
The six hawkers were convicted for contravening Section 35 (1) of the AEPB Act, number 10 of 1997.<\/p>\n
The accused persons pleaded guilty to the charges and begged for leniency.<\/p>\n
The magistrate granted them options of N4,000 fines each.<\/p>\n
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