martooski:


NO BECAUSE OF THE STAB... TRY TO PUT THE STORY TOGETHER

and to BMC if i hear corrupt politician en,,,

Maghan37:
I think it is a befitting sentence. Those who think diff did not read the story. The Igbo boy did not just steal the phone but also tried to commit murder. Stealing the iPhone is one thing but stabbing someone on the head for it is another thing entirely. It shows how despicable he is and a waste of society . If he can kill for an iPhone then I cannot imagine what he 'all do for a million naira.

Tex42:
yes, someone almost died, but thank God he did not.

I still think that an "attempted murder" should not warrant the maximum punishment(death).

My opinion though. I no be lawyer...

Jerryojozy:
The judge must be high before delivering this wicked and barbaric judgement. Those wey chop our yams still de waka free.


Genius J

dreamwords:
Yorobbers, everywhere them go crime crime, all the way from oshogbo to abuja
Even if you take afonja away from brown roof republic, you cant take afonjarism away from him
(crime, rape, kill mama, rituals, touts,cawardice, etc)

ehissi:


Didnt you read where they told the owner that they were robbed and the owner gave them his phone to call for help and then they stabbed him in the head?

Isnt that attempted murder?

Do you really have sense or you just didnt read the story at all......

StarPlayer:
Could you stop sounding dumb already? you should know too well that crime is not enough to get capital punishment. Attempted murder isnt murder

Joromi1:

But did the victim die? No!

Maghan37:
I think it is a befitting sentence. Those who think diff did not read the story. The Igbo boy did not just steal the phone but also tried to commit murder. Stealing the iPhone is one thing but stabbing someone on the head for it is another thing entirely. It shows how despicable he is and a waste of society . If he can kill for an iPhone then I cannot imagine what he 'all do for a million naira.

jessykings:
Haba,the judge harsh o,
Death sentence for stealing 'ordinary phone' of 87k. Shoo! Dat means if na murder d guy commit, even him spirit sef go follow face firing squad....lolz

Maghan37:
I think it is a befitting sentence. Those who think diff did not read the story. The Igbo boy did not just steal the phone but also tried to commit murder. Stealing the iPhone is one thing but stabbing someone on the head for it is another thing entirely. It shows how despicable he is and a waste of society . If he can kill for an iPhone then I cannot imagine what he 'all do for a million naira.

ITbomb:

I agree, since the victim didn't die, worst sentence is life imprisonment.
But poor boy, he can't hire a lawyer. This is a judgment misyarn

Caseless:
just how insects reason. Just wait until you're stabbed on the head and your phone taken away from you before you can tell the judge what to do. Someone who stabbed you on the head has no other intention than to kill you. Besides, the judgement was in the confine of the law, but you're too low to see.

Maghan37:
I think it is a befitting sentence. Those who think diff did not read the story. The Igbo boy did not just steal the phone but also tried to commit murder. Stealing the iPhone is one thing but stabbing someone on the head for it is another thing entirely. It shows how despicable he is and a waste of society . If he can kill for an iPhone then I cannot imagine what he 'all do for a million naira.

Caseless:
just how insects reason. Just wait until you're stabbed on the head and your phone taken away from you before you can tell the judge what to do. Someone who stabbed you on the head has no other intention than to kill you. Besides, the judgement was in the confine of the law, but you're too low to see.

Maghan37:
I think it is a befitting sentence. Those who think diff did not read the story. The Igbo boy did not just steal the phone but also tried to commit murder. Stealing the iPhone is one thing but stabbing someone on the head for it is another thing entirely. It shows how despicable he is and a waste of society . If he can kill for an iPhone then I cannot imagine what he 'all do for a million naira.

babaireti:

But the Igbo Boy was not sentenced to death ,it is the Abiodun that was condemned to death instead

Joromi1:

Just shut your mouth, you heartless fellow! How many Nigerian politicians who looted billions of naira have been convicted for more than one year. It's unfortunate Nigerian laws are made for the poor and the voiceless.

StarPlayer:
You're begining to sound like a market woman a court gives judgment based on the gravity of the crime. as long as you didnt kill someone you cant be sentenced to death. That judge really needs to be disciplined

bakynes:

Guy you need to go back to school I swear, ask yourself this question the Yoruba boy sentenced to Death was he the one that stabbed the victim? Two even if he was the one who stabbed the victim attempted murder is not murder and only murder get the death sentence.

oluwafrizzy:

Source http://www.frizzyhub.com/2017/03/3-year-old-man-sentenced-to-death-by.html


A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has sentenced a 23 years old Tope Abiodun, to death by hanging for stealing an android LG phone valued at N87, 000.

The court also sentenced a teenager, Godfrey Emmanuel, to 14 years imprisonment for the same offence. Another suspect, Samuel Egbe 24-year-old trader at Wuse Market, Abuja, who was charged with dishonestly receiving the LG phone from the 2nd accused (Tope Abiodun), with knowledge that they were stolen, was, however, lucky, as he was discharged and acquitted by the court.

The court was amazed by the ingenuity deployed by the convicts in carrying out the robbery attack on the owner of the LG phone, Jacob Habila, who they attacked with a knife before disposing him of his handset.

According to the prosecution counsel, Assistant Commissioner of Police Simon Lough, the convicts had, on October 3, 2013, at about 9:21pm, positioned themselves half naked, at Impresist junction, Karmo, Abuja, and upon sighting the victim with his LG android phone, approached him to allow them make a distress call to their brother.

They told him they were victims of a robbery attack and would need his assistance to call their brother to bring some clothes for them to put on.

The unsuspecting Habila was touched by their story and in the process of dialling a number that was given to him, the 2nd convict (Godfrey Emmanuel), brought out a knife and stabbed him on the head, while Tope Abiodun escaped with the phone.

With blood dripping from his face, the victim raised the alarm, shouting “thief, thief” which led to the arrest of Emmanuel.
The matter was swiftly reported at the police and Abiodun was arrested a few days later.

The convicts were slammed with a three-count charge by the Commissioner of Police, for armed robbery, contrary to section 6(b) of the Robbery and Firearms Special Provisions Act, Cap R11 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.

The convicts were represented by Nnamdi Nwiwu, who made frantic but failed legal efforts to get them off the hook.
The lawyer, however, succeeded in saving the teenage robber (Godfrey Emmanuel) from the hangman’s noose by pleading with the court, after he was found guilty of the offences, to consider the provisions of the Child Rights Act, particularly section 221 and section 405 of the Administrative of Criminal Justice Act and reduce his sentence to 14 years.

After evaluating the submissions of counsel, including exhibits and documentary evidence before her, Justice Chizoba Orji found the 1st and 2nd accused persons guilty as charged.

She held that from the totality of evidence before her, the prosecution had successfully established the case of armed robbery

Caseless:
thief sympathiser, wait until the law says looters should die by hanging before we do that. Btw, bala ngilari was sentenced last week.

Maghan37:
I think it is a befitting sentence. Those who think diff did not read the story. The Igbo boy did not just steal the phone but also tried to commit murder. Stealing the iPhone is one thing but stabbing someone on the head for it is another thing entirely. It shows how despicable he is and a waste of society . If he can kill for an iPhone then I cannot imagine what he 'all do for a million naira.

Jerryojozy:
The judge must be high before delivering this wicked and barbaric judgement. Those wey chop our yams still de waka free.


Genius J

mfm04622:


This trial is not about murder or attempter murder. It is about armed robbery. The punishment for armed robbery is death or life imprisonment