A chief magistrate’s court sitting in Makurdi, the Benue State capital on Thursday sentenced the Executive Secretary of Teaching Service Board, Makurdi, James Pine, to five months imprisonment.

Pine was charged to court for assaulting his subordinate in March, 13, 2016.Pine was charged with assault and criminal use of force, an act punishable under Section 268 of the Penal Code Laws of Benue State 2004.

Delivering judgment, Dan Ogoh held that witnesses called by prosecution testified to the effect that they were at the TSB headquarters and saw that the convict slapped and pushed the complainant to the ground.

He said the defence could not dislodge the testimony.

The trial magistrate said, ‘The avalanche of evidence of prosecution point to the same direction and conclusion establishing that the offence was committed.’

The magistrate thereby sentenced Pine to five months imprisonment with an option of N10,000 fine.

A team of prosecution lawyers led by Demeer Adi of Damsa Damsa and Co. called three witnesses.

Pine had during the trial denied assaulting or using criminal force against Asema and said under cross examination that it was wrong for a chief executive officer to slap a subordinate.

His counsel, Ambrose Ikpa, argued that the case of the complainant was a desperate attempt to prosecute the head of secondary school education in Benue State, having earlier prayed for a “no case submission,” which was discountenanced by the court.

This judgment makes it second time that a top officials of Benue State Government would be sentenced for offence of assault and criminal use of force.

The first public officer in the state to receive the sentence was Magdalene Damkor, the then Rector of College of Advanced and Professional Studies Makurdi.

Source: http://nigerianewstoday.com.ng/court-jails-benue-executive-secretary-for-slapping-subordinate/

But where is lalasticlala now?

The poster below should volunteer to pay the N10,000 fine option.

The guy above me must be high on pawpaw leaves

he knock him out like

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Good for him. These guys cannot separate their office from their village meetings and the way they treat their children at home.

If you are fed up with an employee, fire him/her. If he's a surbodinate , write a petition or query. You have no reason whatsoever to inflict physical injury.

The N10k he was fined is small, but most of all, he's an ex-convict now. That's the biggest punishment of all.

Good. He get liver de dail another man pikin ear...
10k too small jo

make dem no jail people wey still money




make them dey jail people wey slap woman



ndi ara

Madman five months is too small.

The judge Should have given him five years.

10k bail .. smh

Just 10k?
Our judiciary can be annoyingly funny!

Se na ghost slap or na reset to default slap

Assuming you win the fight we no go hear the matter for court o #Recession fight

phemmie06:
Se na ghost slap or na reset to default slap

make ein go slap Rochas, biko.

veekid:
The guy above me must be high on pawpaw leaves

Abi high on okro stem

Just to slap person. And you are ask to pay 10k? Them get mind o.. Anyhow the fine is too small..

goof

Good

"The magistrate thereby sentenced Pine to five months imprisonment with an option of N10,000 fine."....Only N10,000!

Keneking:
But where is lalasticlala now?

The poster below should volunteer to pay the N10,000 fine option.

Somewhere in your Kitchen!

Judges brain don dey work . Buhari don reset dere brains to default

everybody is saying 10k too small 10k too small see una yeye mouth una don forget say the fulani man wey dey rule us don make the country though for everybody

The 10k option weak me.

[size=20pt]10k, Dollars, Euros or Pounds Sterlings? [/size]

ok

Nigeria now becoming sane


Thanks buahari

Abuse of power/office the norm in nigeria.

Please don't make racist and tribalistic comments on this section

Just 10k...naija I hail u

Some of our laws are just funny. What is 10000 compare to damages this man done? Mr secretary will just pay the fine from his breast pocket, and look for another individual to slap.

ihe is now an ex convict