ASABA—A Delta State High Court sitting at Akwukwu-Igbo, has sentenced a bus conductor, Augustine Nwankwo, to 10 years imprisonment for illegal possession of firearms.
The trial judge, Justice H. Akpotowho, sentenced the convict to jail with an option of N20,000 fine, after pleading guilty to a two-count charge of illegal possession of firearms, an offence punishable under Section 3(1) of the Robbery and Firearms (Special Provisions) Act Cap R.II Volume 14, Laws of Nigeria 2004.
Prosecutor, Mr. P. Okoh, told the court that the convict was arrested on December 19, 2009, at Ibusa and was in possession of one locally made pistol and one cut to size single barrel gun, and pleaded not guilty at the commencement of trial in 2010.
But at the last hearing in the matter, the convict changed his plea and entered a guilty plea to the two- count charge.
