₦airaland Forum

A lot of people have one or two things they are dealing with in secret

"I pray for God’s love and protection…
Wishing you everything good in life.
Enjoy your day".

You wish her everything good in life while sharing her husband?

Parents are our demi-gods

Meanwhile, who was taking the video?

Looks inviting!

These two adults should stop behaving like kids!

Looks like a sociopath

They should quickly send him to where he sent them.

The rationale behind taking lives you cannot create or give is inexplicable.

Kind-hearted people are still in our midst

You are trapped

Ifakiland:
Lemme try and explain the law around armed robbery to you.
The penalty for robbery is 5-25years depending on its degree....but armed robbery is either life in jail or death depending on degree also.
Robbery is stealing without a deadly weapon....eg pick pocket, breaking and entering, bulgary, etc all these you get less than 10yrs in jail....but if during the commission of the robbery you injured someone, you get 10yrs+.....if you kill its 25yrs+ could even be life in jail.

But armed robbery is stealing with a weapon dat can kill. If you have anything dat can kill with you while stealing it becomes armed robbery....even if the weapon is a nail, blade, knife, axe, gun etc....for that you get life in jail no questions asked....if you happen to kill or injure anybody during the commission of the crime....you get death straight.

That's the law.

Offenses that can get you life imprisonment or death in Nigeria are the following;
Armed robbery (regardless of weapon used)
Treason (coup plotting)
Kidnapping
Terrorism
Etc

Robbery and Burglary are not the same

bid4rich:
On Death Row!!!

That means this is just to prevent them from thinking about the day they will be hanged or killed!

What a life!

They are usually left in prison without sending them to the hangman

21 years is too small

He should have been chemically castrated first before sending him to the hangman

No one forced her in the first place to go under the knife

cococandy:
Over kill judgment
Is there no guideline for how sentences are handed out?

Nah, we do not have sentencing guidelines codified in a single document. We only have judicial precedents.

Besides, the judge was magnanimous enough not to have slammed them with a death sentence. The maximum punishment for armed robbery is a death penalty.

klick010:
Life imprisonment for stealing?
Why are political office holders getting months in prison?

Stealing is not the same as armed robbery. They are different

Simplythebest:
Did dey injure anyone or have gun or chemical weapons?

It is immaterial. As long as they were armed with a weapon, it establishes the fact that they were ready to use the weapon on anyone who might have wanted to put up an act of resistance.

Simplythebest:
Pls also read this.

Punishment for Robbery

The offence of robbery is punishable with 14 years imprisonment. Attempted robbery is punishable with not more than 20 years imprisonment and not less than 14 years imprisonment. See section 403 or the Criminal Coe Act.

Punishment Under The Penal Code Act

The Penal Code Act seems to have taken robbery and armed robbery on a lighter view. Section 298 of the Penal Code Act provides the punishment for robbery of which its punishment may extend to 10 years imprisonment and fine. Where the robbery is committed on the highway within the hours of sunset and sunrise or between sunset and sunrise on a person who has slept or has lain down to sleep in the open air, the punishment may extend to 14 years imprisonment and a fine.

Robbery and Armed Robbery are not the same

mercy87:
The level of ignorance here amazes me. Wow. Any sexual relations done without the consent of the person is rape. This applies to marriage too. Your wife or husband is a human being first with personal dignity and right of choice and consent. They are first human beings before becoming your Husband or wife. There is spousal rape. Ignorance is not an excuse in the law. Get informed.

Coming from someone who is not informed

acorntree:
The same judge will only give 4 to 10yrs to corrupt politicians who stole billions. Nigeria situation is just too complex, and these the reasons why young people are japaing. There is no sense in this judgement meted on these young people, stealing phone with armed cutlass is still a burglary case not fully armed robbery.

Do you know what Burglary is?

Breaking and entering into a dwelling house with an intent to commot a felony within the period of 6:30pm to 6:30am.

With regards to Armed Robbery, it is immaterial whether the item has no value or has a trifling value.

Another thing to take note of is, as long as the accused was armed with any weapon capable of causing grievous body injuries or harm, a case of armed robbery exists. In this case, a cutlass is a weapon capable of causing grievous body injuries.

But what I do not understand is, since the Victim ( Mrs Akeredolu) was not around when the incident happened, who did the suspects use or threaten to use violence on?

I feel they should have been charged with Burglary and not Armed Robbery

acorntree:
And those who duped people and stole billions should be given presidential pardon after been sentenced to 4yrs in prison.

Direct this to the lawmakers not me

This aunty should rest, please.

No one has time for her shenanigans

27Pushing30:
Life imprisonment? really?? for the crime of armed robbery? with a cutlass?

It should have even been a death sentence

The maximum punishment for Armed Robbery is a Death Penalty

Flows001:
You really are confused.
I'm a Nigerian Lawyer, called to the NIGERIAN BAR..
I know that LAW is dynamic and there are alot ot peculiarities in different jurisdictions.
It is utter ignorance to be insisting on the position of the Law of a country on another sovereign country.
I'm sure you know that homosexuality is not a crime in the Western world but a serious crime in Nigeria. Will you call the Western countries saner climes for legalising homosexuality
The earlier you realise that Nigeria is a sovereign country, with its independent right to make its Laws, after putting together religious and moral considerations, the better it will be for.

That being said, when it comes to the Nigeria Legal System, there is absolutely NOTHING like RAPE in Marriage.
Take it or leave it, this is Nigeria and not the Western world..

Rest your bones and allow them to wallow in their ignorance.

Some of them will never learn.

byteem:
No she can only be charged as an accessory to rape .. not for the act itself .. its different from murder charges where a person who procures a murder can be charged for the murder itself

Check Section 7 of the Criminal Code that deals with principal offenders before engaging me

awakmfon03:
The key word in rape is CONSENT and in law the day you signed the marriage register be it traditional, religious or in court. You have given each other CONSENT to your body

Not just Consent only. Consent and Penetration

obedience4:
I am ashamed that you are a lawyer, please defined rape according to the law, I wan check something first

Check section 357 of the Criminal Code

Flows001:
Are you a lawyer?
If no, then I certainly won't blame you for ignorantly insisting on this your position..

Legally speaking, there is nothing like "Rape" between two legally married partners. This is so because the Law sees the marital vows made during the marriage between the man and the woman as subsisting all through the period of marriage..
The so called "CONSENT" of a legally married woman is by Law, taken away from her when it comes to sex with her husband, whether or not she gives outright consent or not, the man cannot be convicted of rape when it has to do with his legally married wife..
The only exception where a lady can lay claim of husband raping her is when the Court has made a decree for Judicial Separation, that is when the both of them are under a decree of Judicial Separation which could possibly lead to a divorce (in this case, they wont be cohabiting under the same roof), and the husband goes ahead to sleep with her without her consent. This is the only time a woman can lay a claim and succeed.
Apart from that, any action for rape by a woman against her legally married husband is in futility, as it holds no water..
I'M A LAWYER...

They still won't bend down and learn

byteem:
Well sorry to burst your bubble maybe under american law , but under our Nigerian law a man cannot rape his wife as long they are lawfully married even if they are seperated ..rape under the law is sex without consent .. the operative word is consent .the institution of marriage once conjugated gives consent .. a a man cannot rape his wife .. he can only be charged for indecent assault.. same way a woman cannot be charged with raping a man even though that happens too.. cos rape is penetration without consent according to the only a man can penetrate so women cant rape. our laws are obsolete and archaic but they are still law and until revoked or amended, it is what it is..

It is possible to charge a woman for rape where she aids or procures another to rape

babajeje123:
Lol... you don't really know what rape is. Sex happens when both party consent, when the other party does not give their consent for WHATEVER REASON, it's a rape. You can be jailed in a sane clime even if the person is your spouse and they report you.

Consent and Penetration are the two ingredients not just consent

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yommyoke:
Hmmm, I really like this thread and how educative it is.
Rape is a topic to be discussed adequately,
What many don't understand is that, either married or not, as long as the party you're having sexual act with doesn't concent to the act, it can be tagged rape.
Sex is part of marital bliss but when your spouse says "no" but you still go ahead and use force on him/her, that's rape.
Repeated denial doesn't mean you should force her, na one of the whys our forefathers consider multiple wives, if one says no to you, you move to the next one.

Marital rape is not recognised under the Nigerian law. Get your facts right!