An Accra Circuit Court has ordered Luqman Abubakari, a self-confessed president of the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS), and three others to sign a bond to be of good behavior for two years or in default serve two years in prison.
The four were arrested in October last year after storming the premises of TV3 in Accra to assault one Julian Mawuse Cobbina who had come for an interview following his election as the president of the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS).
Abubakari escorted by his colleagues barged into the premises with a document claiming he was the actual NUGS president.
He and his colleagues ended up causing confusion at the station. The police intervened and arrested them.
Abubakari, Abdul Kudus Adams, Isaac Kwame and Eric Sofo were then arraigned on conspiracy to commit crime, unlawful entry, assault and rioting but they pleaded not guilty to the charge.
But on Tuesday the court found them guilty and convicted them. They were however spared custodial sentence to the effect that they were first offenders after a plea by their counsel, Gary Nimako Marfo.
Mr. Nimako Marfo pleaded with the court to temper justice with mercy, on grounds that his clients had no criminal record and they have regretted their actions.
source:pulse.com.gh
