Man jailed 6 months for threatening business partner’s life On Kindly Share This Story: A Wuse Zone Six Magistrates’ Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday sentenced a 44-year-old businessman, Mahmud Suleiman, to six months imprisonment for threatening his business partner’s life. The Magistrate, Mr Mohammed Ibrahim, however, gave Suleiman an option of N30, 000 fine. Ibrahim handed down the sentence after Sulieman pleaded guilty to the crime and prayed for leniency. “I plead the court to temper justice with mercy. ” I regret my action because what happened was a misunderstanding between I and the complainant,” he had told the court.