A High Court in Effurun, Delta State, has sentenced a
24-year-old secondary school student, Moses Akatugba, to death by hanging for
stealing mobile phones and recharge cards, just as a commercial
motorcyclist, popularly called ‘Okada’ was also jailed for 15 years
imprisonment for robbing a female passenger of her mobile phone.
Akatugba was convicted on a two-count charge of conspiracy
and armed robbery in contravention of 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.
The prosecution told the court that the convict with
others now at large “robbed one Mrs. Akpor Mazino of the sum of N113,930, three
phone handsets, 54 various denominations of MTN recharge vouchers, 28 Airtel
vouchers and 25 Glo vouchers valued at over N100,000 at No. 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.
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 telephone handset. The incident,
according to prosecution took place along Direct Labour Agency Road, Asaba, on
October 5, 2011 before the ban on operation of commercial motorcyclists in Asaba
metropolis and other designated cities.
The female passenger, Amaka Okafor told the court that on
“realising 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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why did they allow a drunk judge to preside over the case for heaven sake.....sentenced to death for stealing recharge cards dat is not even worth 1m....na wa o
ReplyDeleteWhere is Faruk lawan? Useless judge! Sentence Odua and co,
DeleteJust like that death sentence cuz recharge card and that small amount of money while the nigeria senators, governors and others they steal billions of nairas. The poor lost his life for merely stealing cards and those that having been stealing our money, oppressor us are enjoying when their's strong evidence to prosecute them. Poor man court is not the same wit dat of rich man in nigeria insteal why not give d boy life impresonment. D magistrate dnt even tamper justice wit mercy. God will judgeoooo
ReplyDeleteWe don't have problem with death sentence only if it is applied to all Nigerians regardless of position,tribe or religion.
ReplyDeleteIf convicted let them start with the Minster of Aviation and to all jonathan adminstration. I assure you no one will remain.
We need justice.
If a young man even still in secondary school is sentenced to death,what abt Stella Oduah n other thieves including d president himself dat has not answer d question of d missing 5 billions dollars
ReplyDeleteAlso,Tinubu, ameachi, IBB, Abdulsalami etc .
Deletewhich 5billion dollars again is dis fool repheal taking about...did u not hear the ministry of finance explain how the money was shared among fg,state and lg and mentioned how much the idiot govenor ameachi's state got from the money....is dis repheal a human being at all...i hop all dis ur senseles talk is just a joke.
ReplyDeleteNawa 4 dis country sef.everybody want to travel wit ride...now C,their next ride iz now an ambulance.
ReplyDeleteThat boy cannot die
ReplyDeleteDeath sentence! That's a judge without discretion! Shame! On another note the day comments will require mandatory identification that is the day you will know most Nigerians for who they truly are, faceless timid mute cowards.
ReplyDeleteWonders will neva cease! Idris abdulkarim don sing am finish say Nigeria JAGAJAGA
ReplyDeleteUseless judge. Did he kill anyone? James Ibori that steal billions of naira, was he sentence to death?
ReplyDeleteThen steal Odua should be sentence to death by given her to lions in the zoo as breakfast. Nigerian judiciary is decayed
ReplyDeleteThe presiding judge must be a mad man from china,how on earth would he sentenced that young man to death for just stealing recharge cards and cellphones.when stella oduah,other serving ministers,former governors now senators and some serving governors and their families are walking as free people despite the corruption charges against them.nigeria one country but different laws,that of the poor and the one for the leaders and wealthy.the good thing is that we'll all die.
ReplyDeleteB.K. writes from Bauchi
What a judgment. Such a judge should be confined to a world of Gorillas not humans.
ReplyDeleteDis is so incredulous.see how young boys use dia hands dey kill dem selves! Common phone wey even a child of 4 yrs dey use nw na him wey human being dey go steal.anyway mek him go meet devil 4 hell fire.bt dat judgement is too grave @ least 20 yrs imprisonment would hv been more better by dat wicked judge...........................dat is d problem we ar facing in PH.robbery of handsets evryday
ReplyDeleteMay be de boy no frist offender o,de judge kw wetin him de do.we no de warri.
ReplyDeleteI think anybody robbing at gun point has capacity and intention to kill if resisted. The fact that some people are getting away with criminality is not to say every one must get away with it. That young man may have killed in d process of robbery before. Be in pessession of arms and ammunition without been licenced to do so is criminal for a civillian.
ReplyDeleteOlaopa abiodun thank u very much,na only ur brain dey stable while others own wey dey cmnt since dey skip..dey refuse 2 understand dat that young man might hv taken pples life in d past..4 me I think he should bear d consequences,and it will be a lesson 2 others•
ReplyDeleteHow many boko haram have been sentence to death for killing innocent nigerian's,that judge must be a MAD MAN make God punish am with leprosy
ReplyDeleteGod will punish that judge. Except him has never steal in his life. May God kill him a day any member of his family steal a pin. How can this boy be sentence to death for stealing a recharge card n Mohammed a member of boko haram who bombed this days office in kaduna be sentence to live in prisonment. What abt Minster of Aviation that steal our money, what abt all these thiefs in d name of politicians stealings our money every day n night. What do dat foolish judge do abt it. He will never see good for de rest of his life.
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