A Makurdi High Court on Tuesday sentenced, Jacob Atongo, a 100-level sociology student of Benue
State University, to death by hanging for armed robbery.
The News Agency of Nigeria
reports that Justice Adam Onum held that he was satisfied with the
confession of the accused to the charges and therefore found him guilty.
Onum sentenced the accused to death by
hanging, insisting that the sentence prescribed under the law for the
offence must be followed.
Atongo had allegedly conspired with two others to rob one Stephen Akuma of his Toyota Camry, and had also robbed others at gun point on June 26, 2012.
He also allegedly attacked Judges’ Quarters, Makurdi on July 3, 2012 and robbed no fewer than 15 people.
The offenses contravened the Robbery and Firearms Laws.
The accused had pleaded not guilty to the charges and testified for himself along with one witness called by his counsel.
Prosecution called seven witnesses and tendered exhibits, which included two statements made by the convict to the police.
But counsel to the accused, Mr. E.Z.
Agbakor, told the court that the accused did not make the statement
tendered in court voluntarily, insisting his client was tortured and
forced to confess to the offences.
I have a strong felling that the reason he entered into this kind of business was due to these strike action as a poppular adage goes "an idle mind is the devils workshop" I believe that more of the crime seen in our country today are been mastermindedd by the student due to idleness. Therefore I pray that these issue of these Strike should be resolved very soon in iother for Nigeria to save it future....
Source: punch newspaper
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