Jos- Nafiu Haruna, a 22-year-
old carpenter, on Thursday
appeared before a Kasuwar-
Nama Upper Area Court for
allegedly beating up his
mother.
The Prosecuting Police
Officer, Mr Gokwat Ibrahim,
told the court that the
accused committed the
offence on April 10, 2011.
Ibrahim further told the
court that Mr Haruna Iguda,
the father of the accused,
reported the matter at the
Laranto Police Station, after
rescuing the victim from the
hands of the suspect.
According to the prosecutor,
the accused, whom he
described as“a habitual
Indian hemp smoker’’,
attacked his mother when
she prevented him from
eating a plate of rice.
“My lord, at the time the
suspect beat his own
mother, he was under the
intoxication of Indian hemp,”
Ibrahim told the court.
He said that the accused,
residing behind the Seminary
area of Jos, had contravened
section 265 of the Penal
Code.
When the case came up for
hearing, the accused pleaded
not guilty to the charges and
begged the court for bail.
He told the court that he only
beat up his sister who
attempted to prevent him
from eating the rice and that
he did not touch his mother.
The trial judge, Malam
Mustapha Hassan, granted
the accused bail in the sum
of N10,000 with one
`reasonable surety’ in like
sum.
He later adjourned the case
to May 18, for further
hearing

Err. . . this reflects badly on him, but also on his mother (assuming she raised him.)

Beating women is bad enough. But your own mother