Three Women Sentenced to Prison for Fighting in Abuja
Three women who were arraigned on a two-count charge of disturbing public peace and causing harm, after fighting and biting themselves in public, have been sentenced.
A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Friday sentenced three women to 45 days imprisonment for fighting and biting themselves in public.
The convicts, Amina Ishaq, 22, Praise Bassey, 29 and Mariam Soliu, 23, all of Paipe Village, Abuja, were arraigned on a two-count charge of disturbing public peace and causing harm.
The judge, Inuwa Maiwada, however, gave the convicts an option to pay N3, 000 fine each.
Mr Maiwada advised them to live and maintain peace among themselves, saying the punishment would serve as deterrent to other would-be offenders.
The convicts had admitted committing the offence and urged the court to temper justice with mercy.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Ifeoma Ukagha, had told the court that after the convicts finished fighting and causing harm on themselves, they went to Karmo Police Station to report the matter on Sept. 12.
Mr Ukagha said that on that same date, the convicts sustained injuries on their bodies through bites and clawing.
“During police investigation, they could not give satisfactory explanation on what caused the fight,” he said.
Mr Ukahga said the offence contravened the provision of Sections 113 and 244 of the Penal Code.
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I was once involved in a fight with another woman and the woman’s top ended up coming down exposing her breasts while we fell to the ground. while on the ground she tried to disrobe me, but I was able to grab her hands and pin her to the ground. she kept trying to kick me while I held her down so I started to head butt her over and over again until she begged me to stop. By this time the police were there and broke us up. She stood up still bare-breasted.
I didn’t notice, but she ended up biting my arm, my stomach and hand. She also scratched my face yet she tried to press charges claiming I molested her and caused indecent exposure by pulling her top down. That wasn’t what happened and thankfully people who were there came to my defense.