An area court in Jos on Tuesday sentenced a bus conductor, Suleiman Mohammed, 22, to six months’ imprisonment for unlawful possession of two knives.
The judge, Thomas Ajitse, sentenced Mr Mohammed following his guilty plea to possessing dangerous weapons.
Mr Ajitse also gave the convict an option of a N50,000 fine.
Earlier, the prosecution counsel, Insp Ibrahim Gokwat, told the court that on February 23, a police patrol team from the Railway Division Police Station, Jos, arrested the conductor during a stop-and-search.
Mr Gokwat said the convict had two knives on him.
The police prosecutor said the offence contravened the Plateau Penal Code Law of Northern Nigeria.
