Wednesday, November 20, 2013

STUDENT TO DIE BY HANGING FOR STEALING GSM HANDSETS, RECHARGE CARD

An Effurun high court, has sentenced a 24 year old secondary school student, Moses Akatugba, to death by hanging for robbing GSM handsets and recharge cards, just as a commercial motorcyclist, popularly called 'okada' rider was also jailed 15 years imprisonment for robbing...

a female passenger of her GSM handset.
Moses was convicted on a two-count charge of conspiracy and armed
robbery contrary to section 6 (b) and punishable under section 1 (2)
(a) of the Robbery and Firearms (Special Provisions) Act Cap R11
Volume 14 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.
Prosecution told the court that the convict with others now at large
"robbed one Mrs. Akpor Mazino of the sum of N113,930 cash, 3 GSM
handsets, 54 various denomination of MTN recharge vouchers, 28 Econnet
vouchers and 25 GLO vouchers valued over N100,000 at Number 30 NNPC
Housing complex road,
Ekpan".
The victim in her evidence gave a vivid account of how she was robbed
of the items at her shop at gunpoint.
Meantime, an Asaba high court also yesterday sentenced a 30-year-old
commercial motorcyclist, Paul Nwanegbo to 15 years imprisonment with
hard labour for robbing a female passenger of her GSM telephone
handset.
The incident, according to prosecution took place along Direct Labour
Agency, (DLA) road Asaba on the 5thof October 2011 before the ban on
operation of okada in Asaba metropolis and other designated cities.
The female passenger, Amaka Okafor told the court that "on realizing
the gun was a toy, I resisted him but he overpowered me after biting
me with his teeth and snatched my phone from me".

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2 comments:

  1. gattyNovember 20, 2013 at 9:10 AM

    Ok, for stealin a fone n recharge card he's to die by hanging ryt? Wat hapns to Mrs Odua's theft of 255million naira? Wat hapns to d sons of Lamido n their fraudulent practices? I weep for Nigeria's democracy cos ther's no justice for d poor. D high n mighty wld commit a crime and it wld b shoved aside, wat a country!

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  2. AnonymousNovember 20, 2013 at 11:17 AM

    The Gun he used was fake, I couldn't deduce from the facts presented if he stole it in the night or daytime cos punishment differs. If he was tried under the Criminal Code, his sentence would have been less severe but the Robbery and Firearms act has it's "strict" penalties. Nigeria executes poor people and pardons the rich. We have a long way. With the way this case is publicised, the governor or the AGF may interfere

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