Uproar as Court Sentences Vulcaniser to Death for Robbing Nurse of N57,000 Rebecca Ejifoma There has been uproar on social media after an Ikeja Special Offences Court presided over by Justice Mojisola Dada, yesterday sent
There has been uproar on social media after an Ikeja Special Offences Court presided over by Justice Mojisola Dada, yesterday sentenced 32-year-old vulcaniser Chidozie Onyinchiz to death by hanging for robbing a nurse of N57,000.
The defendant had stated that the complainant pointed at him as one of the boys armed with a pair of scissors and forcefully snatched her bag containing N57,000 at Akesan Bus Stop. In his first statement at Igando Police Station, the defendant confirmed that he is a vulcaniser and that he and Ediri went to Akesan Bus Stop on the day of the robbery.
Meanwhile, Nigerians on social media have faulted the judgment, while some described it as biased, and utterly harsh.
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