…. okadaman jailed 15 years also for
handset theft
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.
Meantime, an Asaba high court also
yesterday sentenced a 30-year-old
commercial motorcyclist, Paul
Nwanegbo to 15 years imprisonment
with hard labour for robbing a female
passenger of her GSM telephone
handset.
The incident, according to prosecution
took place along Direct Labour Agency,
(DLA) road Asaba on the 5th of October
2011 before the ban on operation of
okada in Asaba metropolis and other
designated cities.
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".
SOURCE: Vanguard Nigeria
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