A Bauchi court has sentenced eight suspects to eight years’ imprisonment every for thuggery and disturbance of public peace in Unguwar Dim, Bauchi metropolis.
The court, nonetheless, gave every of them the choice of paying a wonderful of N370,000.
The suspects had been arrested after the Bauchi State Police Command obtained a grievance from the Peace and Security Committee of Unguwar Dim on October 14 over renewed thuggery in the realm.
Following the grievance, police operatives and members of the committee raided a suspected hoodlums’ hideout in the early hours of October 15.
The operation led to the arrest of 9 suspects and the restoration of machetes, cutlasses, knives, sticks, illicit substances and different harmful gadgets.
Police spokesman, SP Nafiu Habib, mentioned in an announcement issued on Saturday that eight of the suspects had been charged to court after investigations.
He mentioned the suspects pleaded responsible to the costs and had been convicted and sentenced by the court.
The Commissioner of Police, Sani-Omolori Aliyu, welcomed the judgment, describing it because of efficient collaboration between the police and the group.
Aliyu reaffirmed the command’s dedication to tackling thuggery and different violent crimes in Bauchi State.
