Trader imprisoned for transmitting fake alert in Plateau

Jigede was given a summary sentence by magistrate Shawomi Bokkos after entering a guilty plea.

Bokkos, however, offered the offender the chance to avoid three months in imprisonment by paying a fine and restitution of N15,000.

The magistrate predicted that the punishment will dissuade future offenders.

The case was reported on July 11 at the "C" Division Police Station in Jos by one Uzochukwu Nwakasi, the complainant, according to the prosecution's attorney, Insp. Ibrahim Gokwat.

Before being apprehended, the felon allegedly purchased items and faked notifications to the sellers.

According to the prosecutor, the offense is penalized in accordance with the laws of the Plateau State Penal Code.