26 Year old Nigerian Obinna John Sentenced to Death for Stealing Satchet Milk

Now this is crazy, in this same country where lawmakers, Government Officials, Top and Respected Business men (you know what I’m talking about) are getting away with High-Level Theft, a High Court in Jos sentenced a 26-year-old man to death by hanging for robbing a woman of N1,705 and two rolls of Satchet Milk valued at N400. 

The prosecution counsel, Mr. G. D. Fwonyon, Plateau State Deputy Director of Public Prosecution, had told the court that John, in company of an accomplice, also named John, now at large, on November 18, 2005, robbed the woman, a resident of Gada Biu, in Jos, in her shop, at gunpoint.

In a 60-page judgment, Justice Yargata Nimpa said the evidence before the court had shown that the accused committed the offence and sentenced John to death by hanging.

He ruled: “The accused is hereby sentenced to death by hanging, but the judgement is liable to an appeal.”

John’s counsel, Mr. Tobechukwu Kekemeke, said they would head for the Court of Appeal.

The prosecution counsel, Mr. G. D. Fwonyon, Plateau State Deputy Director of Public Prosecution, had told the court that John, in company of an accomplice, also named John, now at large, on November 18, 2005, robbed the woman, a resident of Gada Biu, in Jos, in her shop, at gunpoint. In a 60-page judgment, Justice Yargata Nimpa said the evidence before the court had shown that the accused committed the offence and sentenced John to death by hanging.
He ruled: “The accused is hereby sentenced to death by hanging, but the judgement is liable to an appeal.”
John’s counsel, Mr. Tobechukwu Kekemeke, said they would head for the Court of Appeal.