Abuja— A Zuba Grade 1 Area Court in the FCT, yesterday, sentenced eight women to half a year imprisonment each for prosti*tution. Those sentenced were Felicia Dominic, Vivian Agubuzor, Ifeoma Patrick, Comfort Jacob, Gift Obi, Tina Osagie, Mercy John and Joy Ayo, of no fixed address in Zuba.
The judge, Mallam Alhassan Kusherki, sentenced the accused persons when they pleaded guilty to the one-count charge of soliciting men for the purpose of prostitution. Kusherki, however, gave the convicts a choice of N20,000 fine each. Prosecutor, Momoh Ibrahim, had told the court that the offence contravened Section 405 (Paragraph 1(b)) of the Penal Code.