35 Year Old Man Jailed For Two Years In Kogi For….

A Magistrate Court sitting in Lokoja, has sentenced one Godwin Adeoye, a 35 Year Old Indigene of Kogi State to two years Imprisonment on a two count charge of attempted bombing of some national assets and critical intimidation.

The judge also gave an option of fine to the convict for being a first offender and his plea of allocotos.

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At the resumed hearing on Wednesday at the Lokoja Magistrate Court 2, Presided by A.S. Ibrahim, Adeoye pleaded guilty to the offences.

Following his pleading guilty to the offences and his plea of allocotos, the trial Judge convicted the accused under section 397 of the Kogi State Penal code.

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Having pleaded guilty to the offence, as a student, the only surviving son of his father, and his promise not to repeat same, the trial judge sentenced Godwin Adeoye to two years Imprisonment with option of fine on a two count charge of criminal intimidation and plan to bomb National Assembly and the NNPC. adsbygoogle || []).push({});

According to the prosecution, O. A. Yahaya who represented the DSS, the accused, had threatened the Presidential Task Force Team on Covid19, demanding for palliatives for himself and his group or risk the bombing of the National Assembly and the NNPC.

The DSS counsel who prosecuted the matter, said they are reviewing the judgement to know whether to go on appeal.

Godwin Adeoye, was arrested on 13th May, 2020, at Ihima, Okehi LGA in Kogi State following information from the National Headquarters of the DSS of threat to bomb National Assets if his demands for palliatives for himself and his group were not met by the Presidential Tasks Force on covid-19, had since been in DSS custody.