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Court Sentences Two To 13 Years For Robbery On Second Niger Bridge

  • Kazeem Badmus

The Police in Anambra said it had secured the conviction for two robbers arrested on the Second Niger Bridge some weeks ago.

OSUN DEFENDER gathered that the robbers were arrested on the bridge with two daggers and five SIM cards removed from the phones of their victims.

FILE: A court gavel used to illustrate the story

They pleaded guilty to the three counts when arraigned in court.

A statement by the state police spokesman, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, issued to journalists on Sunday, said both accused persons were sentenced to five years jail terms on each of the first two counts, and three years imprisonment for the third count, adding that the sentences which are without an option of a fine are to run concurrently.

He said, “In compliance with the directive of the Commissioner of Police, CP Aderemi Adeoye, detectives worked on the sim cards and traced two of the victims, one of whom is a lawyer.

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“The victims cooperated with investigation and evidence gathered was presented before the court. Both accused persons were sentenced to five years jail terms on each of the first two counts, and 3 years imprisonment for the third count.

“The sentences which are without an option of fine are to run concurrently. The convicts have been remanded at the Onitsha Correctional Centre to serve their jail terms.”

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