Emmanuel
Uduaghan, Delta state governor, has granted total pardon to 24 year old
student, Moses Akatugba who was in November 2013 sentenced by an Asaba High
Court to death by hanging for stealing three mobile phones and recharge cards!!
Moses was charged to court after he and his robbery gang robbed a women of about N100k, phones, and recharge cards valued at over N100,000 in Delta state.
Moses was charged to court after he and his robbery gang robbed a women of about N100k, phones, and recharge cards valued at over N100,000 in Delta state.
This wish
was granted as Governor Uduaghan during his last Executive meeting at the
government house, Asaba yesterday, 28th May. …. It is interest to know that an Asaba High Court in Effurun, Delta State, has
sentenced a 24-year-old secondary school student, Moses Akatugba, to death by
hanging in November 2013, for stealing mobile phones and recharge cards.
Read the report below and tell us if you think the sentence is appropriate or
too harsh.
"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,รข€¨ Ekpan.”
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