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 N113,930 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.
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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die-hanging-stealing-gsm-handsets-
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