Akwa Ibom court jails 38-year-old hunter over possession of firearms

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The Court held that 'ignorance of the law is no excuse in Law. The accused person is sentenced to 10 years imprisonment or N20,000 fine.'

The Akwa Ibom High Court, presided over by Justice Okon Okon, has sentenced a 38-year-old hunter, Edet George, to ten years in prison for illegal possession of firearms.

The section provides that “any person having a firearm in his possession or under his control in contravention of the Firearms Act shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to a fine of N20,000 or to imprisonment for a period of not less than 10 years or both.”

 

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This guy is very tormented

Why can’t this same court jail Boko Haram rather than calling them repentant BH, celebrating them this are people who kill with confirm firearms

😋humm

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