A court in Warri has sentenced a young man to death by hanging for
stealing N955k. Below is how Sunnewsonline.com is reporting
it...
A 22-year-old man,
Julius Aboy was yesterday sentenced to death for stealing N955, 600 by a Delta
State High Court sitting in Warri. The trial judge, Justice Marshal Mukoro of
High Court 1, who handed down the sentence told the convict that he is to die
by hanging.
The convict was
arraigned on a two-count charge of conspiracy to commit armed robbery and armed
robbery, offences punishable under Sections 6(b) and 1(2)(a) respectively of
the Robbery and Firearms (Special Provisions) Act Cap. RII Volume 14, Laws of
the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.
In the first count, Julius Aboy and others now at large were reported to
have on or about the 4th day of March, 2011 in Warri, conspired with others now
at large to commit armed robbery.
In the second count, Julius Aboy and others now at large were also reported to have, on or about the 4th day of March, 2011 in Warri, robbed one Godwin Gwuene of N955, 600, while armed with a gun. The money was said to be Ususu contribution (savings), belonging to workers, serving as cleaners in a company in Warri.
The armed robbery gang, of which Aboy was allegedly a member, ran out of luck when an oncoming vehicle knocked down their getaway motorbike at the scene of the crime, leading to the arrest of the convict and killing of another member of the gang by an angry mob.
Justice Mukoro said the excuse of poverty, which the convict gave as reason of dropping out of school and venturing into crime was not tenable, as poverty was not a licence for criminality.
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