Rivers court sentences man to death by hanging for armed robbery

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Justice Sika Henry-Aprioku of a Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has convicted and sentenced a man identified as Promise Thompson to death by hanging for armed robbery.Also, Thompson got 14 years for the offence of kidnap and 10 years for child stealing.

Justice Sika Henry-Aprioku of a Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has convicted and sentenced a man identified as Promise Thompson to death by hanging for armed robbery.Justice Sika Henry-Aprioku of a Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has convicted and sentenced a man identified as Promise Thompson to death by hanging for armed robbery.Justice Sika Henry-Aprioku also convicted and sentenced a couple, Mrs. Queen Chisom -Lucky to seven years, while her husband, Mr.

In his judgment on three counts of child stealing, kidnap, and armed robbery, the judge said evidence presented to the court proved that Promise Thompson, who is the first defendant in the matter and his gang went to Eagle Cement area of Trans-Kalabari road in Rumuolumeni to rob one Chidiebere Ogbogu.

The trial Judge said the convict and one Beatrice Ogunka, who absconded after she was granted bail by the police were responsible for shooting the left arm of Ogbogu on October 25, 2018, and thereafter stealing his five-year-old child identified, as Chigoziri Ogbogu. Justice Henry-Aprioku said evidence by the prosecution proved that Thompson took the boy to Urantta junction in Aba, Abia State and sold him to his syndicate, who sold the same boy to another syndicate.In this article

 

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Why? Is INEC Chairman not a Free man?

Irony in a noose...signed by pen-robbers.

Hanging that young man is not the Solution, What about the INEC chairman, he has done more Evil than that young man who stole to feed his Family..

Who will sign the papers. They should stop issuing nonsense sentence abeg

When is GovWike turn?

Criminal politicians that are the real armed rubber wine and dine with the same corrupt judges, what do you expect. Am not justifying armed robbery but the worst armed rubbers we have in this country are Politicians, INEC and some Judges.

Just armed robbery and politicians are freely committing murder because of simple election

Our politicians need the same sentence bcos the are involed in stealing using thier pen as arm

~ not that am in support of the arm robber, but why not this same judgement pass to those stealing the nation fortunes 🔮?!

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