Stephen Nyitse, 30, who was arrested last Saturday for sitting on the Tor Tiv’s throne just before he was installed has been hastily jailed for four years by a Chief Magistrate Court in Gboko, Benue State.
The magistrate, Justice P.S Chaha, on Monday found the accused guilty of trespassing and impersonating the Tor Tiv, Orchivirigh James Ayatse.
According to Premium Times, the prosecutor claimed that Nyitse confessed to the police during interrogation that he was under an evil spell..
Justice Chaha said his action was a disgrace to the Tiv nation and that he deserved no mercy. He said his sentence was to serve as a deterrent to others.
Mr. Nyitse, at the JS Stadium Gboko, outsmarted security men and sat on the stool prepared for the coronation of the fifth Tor Tiv.
Nyitse told security operatives that he was under God’s direction to cleanse the stool for the new monarch.
“I sat on the stool in order to cleanse it and make it comfortable for the incoming Tor Tiv,” he said.
Atom Kpera, the chairman, Central Planning Committee for the coronation, ordered security men to take the culprit outside and punish him.
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