Kano court jails two men nine years for supplying intoxicants to children

The Kano State Multi-Agency Task Force connected Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking has secured nine-year situation sentences for 2 men convicted of supplying rubber solution and different intoxicating substances to underage children successful Kano.

The convicts, Kabiru Isa, besides known arsenic Mada, and Usman Hamisu, besides known arsenic Mani, were sentenced by Magistrate Muhammad Alhaji Sani of Magistrate Court No. 44, Gwammaja, Kano.

This was disclosed by Lamara Garba, Media and Publicity Committee

Kano State Multi-Agency Task Force connected Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking on Tuesday.

They were recovered blameworthy of transgression conspiracy, rank of an unlawful nine and administering intoxicating substances, offences nether Sections 97, 97A and 249 of the Penal Code.

Each antheral was sentenced to a full of 9 years successful situation without an enactment of fine. The tribunal besides ordered that the sentences beryllium served consecutively and that each twelvemonth indispensable beryllium completed arsenic a afloat 12 calendar months, including weekends.

The condemnation followed an probe by the task force, led by its Chairman, Muhuyi Magaji, into the vulnerability of susceptible children to intoxi...