Kano: Labourer jailed for possession of cannabis
A 30-year-old labourer, Aminu Ibrahim, has been sentenced to one month imprisonment by a magistrates court in Kano for being in possession of 16 wraps of cannabis.
Magistrate Farouk Ibrahim, on Monday sentenced the convict without an option to pay a fine.
The convict pleaded guilty to being in possession of dried leaves suspected to be cannabis and for public nuisance.
Earlier, the prosecution counsel, Lamido Soron-Dinki told the court that the convict committed the offence on January 23 at Fagge Quarters, Kano.
Mr. Soron-Dinki alleged that a team of policemen, attached to the Fagge Police Division Kano, arrested the convict at Fagge Quarters.
The convict, he said, was arrested for being in possession of 16 wraps and large quantities of dried leaves.
He said the offence contravened the provisions of sections 391 and 183 of the Penal Code.
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