A 30-year-old man, Mister Ternenge Peter, who lives in the Wurukum axis of Makurdi, was sentenced to one month of community service by a Chief Magistrate Court presided over by Mrs. Kadoon Gbasha for defacing a PDP billboard installed at the Wurukum roundabout.
He was given a one-month community service requirement by the trial magistrate, Mrs. Gbasha, with a two-month jail penalty if he failed to comply.
Ms. Gbasha added that the 30-day community service project would be carried out under careful supervision at the court's facilities from 9 am to 2 pm every day.
She warned youths in the state to deist from the habit of alcoholism and mischief and engage themselves in useful ventures to secure their future.
Earlier, the prosecuting police officer, Inspector Kuegh Abugh told the court that the Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Mr Bemgba Iortyom, in company of the Chairman, Task Force on Illegal Motor Parks, Bobby Uper, had arrested the convict and took him to the State Criminal Investigation Department(Cid) in Makurdi , while destroying PDP campaign billboard at Wurukum Roundabout.
The prosecutor stated that when the convict saw some youths coming to the scene of the crime, he started running but was arrested.
When the case came up, the convict pleaded guilty to the charge and explained that he committed the offence under the influence of alcohol after being instructed by an official of the All Progressives Congress, APC, which he didn’t mention the name.
He begged the court to forgive him, saying his wife left him with a two-year-old baby girl to cater for.