Nigeria: Convict Begs Court to See His Mother

24 February 2012

A 20-year-old truck pusher who was convicted for attempting to commit an offence, Tuesday pleaded with the presiding magistrate to have mercy on him and allow him see his mother, who is a widow.

Danjuma Mohammed of Mabushi, Abuja also told Magistrate Hauwa Aliyu after pleading guilty to the offence that he will never in his life commit crime again.

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