From UCHECHUKWU OLISAH, Warri

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.

http://sunnewsonline.com/new/cover/man-22-to-die-by-hanging-for-stealing-n955-600/

Justice Mukoro, may God punish you and make all your family and even those of the corrupt judges who hands over extreme judgements to the smaller thieves like this and give months jail terms for those who steals billions!!

And to the useless thieve that has been sentenced to death, may God have mercy on your soul. If by any chance you return to this world, I hope you will learn your lesson that it pays to be hardworking and not gettingn involved in armed robbery. God punish you too. Useless armed robber.

The mission of the OP is to try to say justice is only for the poor! People stealing billions aint killed, abi?

Now, tell me, even if he stole N20, does it sound like a good thing to steal?

The guy was a gun slinger and such people have no mercy anywhere... Infact he should be thanking God he was sentenced to death by a competent law court and not the street mob that killed his accomplice..

This should make the front page.

gunuvi: Justice Mukoro, may God punish you and make all your family and even those of the corrupt judges who hands over extreme judgements to the smaller thieves like this and give months jail terms for those who steals billions!!

And to the useless thieve that has been sentenced to death, may God have mercy on your soul. If by any chance you return to this world, I hope you will learn your lesson that it pays to be hardworking and not gettingn involved in armed robbery. God punish you too. Useless armed robber.

haba oga cool down, its there in the relevant sections of the constitution that armed robbery is punishable by death, what the guy needed/needs was a good lawyer who would have pleaded his case as a first offender (maybe he isn't) and plead for a lighter sentence. Its cases like this that really needs plea bargaining especially if he could provide the police with info on where they got weapons from and hideouts on his fellow criminals. The judge really couldn't escape this one honestly.

SLIDE waxie: The mission of the OP is to try to say justice is only for the poor! People stealing billions aint killed, abi?

Now, tell me, even if he stole N20, does it sound like a good thing to steal?

What is your point exactly?

I think we can all agree that stealing is bad, but what we should discuss here is the level of punishment, and ofcourse we should seek to apply justice to all persons in the Country, we just have to be consistent with punishment for varying degrees of wrong doing.

Anything wrong with that, let begin our cleaning from the grassroot to the top before they join those at the top. Nice one judge kudos to you

Thou shall not steal.

See this one is going die now for a mere #955,600.00.

it is not d amount he stole that matters but d fact that he was carrying guns. Has it ever occurred to you that had he met resistance at the the point of robbery he could have used d gun to kill and d person killed can be anybody including you. i beg no story. leave d judge alone

Osama10: See this one is going die now for a mere #955,600.00.

Bros,did you call almost a Million naira just 'mere'. I am hugely disappointed.
Did you read the part that said this money was the ususu contribution of 'cleaners or that they were with guns?

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