Magistrate Tapmwa Gotep has jailed a Jos labourer on , Fwangmun Danung, to 12 months imprisonment for insulting and intimidating his father.
Gotep sentenced Danung after he pleaded guilty but gave him an option of N10,000 or six months for insulting his father and another six months without a fine for intimidating his father.
The magistrate said the punishment is a deterrent to those who would want to indulge in such acts.
Earlier, the prosecutor counsel, Inspector Frank Alex, told said the case was reported on December 26, 2022, at the Rantya Police Station by the complainant, Othniel Danung.
Alex said Danung dragged his father out of the house and called him a useless and irresponsible man, adding that he turned on the gas and threatened to burn down the house.
The convict also demanded that his father settle him with N200,000.
The offence, he said, is punishable under the provisions of Sections 377 and 379 of the Plateau State Penal Code Law.
