Six
elderly fathers were embarrassed and humiliated after they
were given 120 strokes of cane for a surprising offense.
Six elderly persons were each flogged 20 strokes of the cane like
helpless school children after they made a mockery of themselves by
drinking to stupor and constituting nuisance.
Nomau Akwai, Yusuf Bature, Salisu Abdullahi, Sani Rabi’u, Sa’idu
Abdullahi and Musa Yusuf, all residents of Malumfashi Local Government
Area, Katsina State were arrested by the police.
According to the police, the men were found wondering and
intoxicated with alcohol at Gidan Mariya and Gidan Coach, an act that
constituted nuisance to the public.
The prosecuting police officer, Cpl. Joseph George, told the Senior
Magistrate, Mannir Shehu that the convicts were arrested by a team of
policemen on patrol at Marabar Kankara, a suburb of Malumfashi on March
13.
George said the offence contravened section 183 of the penal code
law and urged the court to try them summarily. When the offence was read
to the accused, they pleaded guilty to the charge.
In his ruling, the Senior Magistrate, Salisu Shehu sentenced them
to 20 strokes of the cane each to serve as deterrent to others.
