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Chief Magistrate Mutairu Oare convicted the 40 offenders and ordered them to pay N5,000 fine each after they had pleaded liable to the offence.

The Chief Magistrate, Mutairu Oare, who handed down the sentence after taking their pleas, however, provided the convicts with an option of fine ranging from N2,000 to N20,000.

The Prosecuting Counsel, Ayo Aigbokhiade, said all the 24 convicts, who were apprehended within the Benin metropolis, pleaded guilty