Student to die by hanging for stealing mobile phone & recharge cards

Student to die by hanging for
stealing mobile phone & recharge
cards
According to a report by Thisday, a High Court in
Effurun, Delta State, has sentenced a 24-year-old
secondary school student, Moses Akatugba, to
death by hanging for stealing mobile phones and
recharge cards. Read the report below and tell us
if you think the sentence is appropriate or too
harsh
"Akatugba was convicted on a two-count
charge of conspiracy and armed robbery in
contravention of 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.
The prosecution told the court that the
convict with others now at large “robbed one
Mrs. Akpor Mazino of the sum of N113,930,
three phone handsets, 54 various
denominations of MTN recharge vouchers,
28 Airtel vouchers and 25 Glo vouchers
valued at over N100,000 at No. 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.
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
telephone handset. The incident, according to
prosecution took place along Direct Labour
Agency Road, Asaba, on October 5, 2011 before
the ban on operation of commercial motorcyclists
in Asaba metropolis and other designated cities.
The female passenger, Amaka Okafor told the
court that on “realising the gun was a toy, I
resisted him but he overpowered me after biting
me with his teeth and snatched my phone from
me.”