November 20, 2013

Student Sentenced To Death For Stealing Recharge Cards And A Mobile Phone

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 N113,930cash, 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.

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".

Vanguard