Eight Nigerians sentenced to death in UAE for robbery
Night Nigerians have joined the death row in the United Arab Emirates after a court in Sharjah sentenced them to death for a string of armed robberies at money exchanges and cash machines across the emirate in December 2016.He is expected to be deported after serving his sentence, according to Gulf News.
The gang — who were all in the UAE on visit visas — were said to be highly organised and plotted a string of orchestrated attacks to ambush security trucks that were transporting money boxes to and from ATMs, and at least one money exchange in Sharjah. Video footage showed the convicts attacking security guards, making off with cash, and in one of the robberies slashing the hands of a security guard with a knife before running away with money boxes.
She said: “It is an unfortunate incident, but it is not an incident that defines who we are as a people.
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