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automaticcars: Why not death penalty?

The prosecution drew the court’s attention to section 4 (2) of the Terrorism Act and asked the court to consider the deaths recorded at the incident and to pronounce a death sentence on the accused but the court declined that invitation and pointed out that the convict was charged against section One of the Terrorism Prevention Act which provides for a life sentence upon conviction.

[size=14pt]ThisDay Bomber Jailed For Life[/size] 

Published on November 15, 2013 by  

Mustapha Umar, a self confessed Boko Haram member arrested and tried before a Federal High Court siting in Abuja in connection with the 26th April, 2012 bombing of SOJ Plaza in Kaduna state occupied by ThisDay, The Moment and The Sun Newspapers, was on Friday found guilty of the one count charge of terrorism and sentenced for life.

The convicted terrorist was alleged to have driven a white Honda Academy car with registration number AL 306 MKA with improvised explosives devices into the premises of SOJ plaza with the intention to detonate improvised explosive devices within the premises.

The incident claimed the lives of three persons and caused several degrees of injuries on others.

The convict had pleaded not guilty during his trial but the court placed heavy reliance on his recorded interview which he granted to investigators during interrogations where he claimed to be a member of the deadly Islamic fundamentalist group, Boko Haram, as well as the testimonies of ten witnesses comprising of police officers who participated in the investigation and were led in evidence during the trial.

The prosecution drew the court’s attention to section 4 (2) of the Terrorism Act and asked the court to consider the deaths recorded at the incident and to pronounce a death sentence on the accused but the court declined that invitation and pointed out that the convict was charged against section One of the Terrorism Prevention Act which provides for a life sentence upon conviction.

The court also found that the convict demonstrated no remorse for his actions throughout the trial and observed that the souls of those whose deaths were caused by his actions are crying out for substantial justice noting that no one’s life is more important than that of others.

Furthermore, the court held that the convict’s reason for attacking ThisDay newspapers which he said was because the newspaper was denigrating Prophet Mohammed was unattainable and noted that as members of the fourth realm, nobody should be allowed to muzzle the press, an objective which the terrorist act was calculated to achieve .

Pleadings by the defence lawyer for the court to temper justice with mercy as the convict is a youth whose family and aged parents depend on for their livelihood fell on deaf ears as the court slammed a life sentence on the convict with a fine of One Hundred and Fifty Million Naira. His sentence is to be served with hard labour.

The court further noted that the state of mind of the convict with which the terrorism attack was planned, coordinated and orchestrated reinforced its determination to remove him from the public for life.

To the families of the victims of the terror act, the court awarded the sum of One Hundred and Fifty Million Naira, noting that their deaths should not just go like that. This will be forwarded to the Committee set up by the President on the resolution of the Boko Haram insurgents actions for payment.

The court presided by Justice Ademola Adeniyi also praised the Nigeria Police Force for the expertise and professionalism demonstrated in the trial which led to the quality prosecution of the matter by the team of lawyers led by Mr. Shuaibu Labaran, a senior state counsel from Nigeria’s Ministry of Justice.

The case is the first conviction recorded under the amended Terrorism Prevention Act of 2011.

—Nnamdi Felix/Abuja

[size=14pt]BBC Africa[/size]

How good is your country's airport? You might say pretty good - or like one angry Nigerian you may give it the thumbs down. Japheth Omojuwa wrote a very critical article about Lagos airport, saying for a 'prestigious airport' it is ' badly managed' - his opinions sparked a huge backlash on Nigerian social media pages. Are African airports getting better - how is yours? Share your thoughts with us on BBC Newsday.

naptu2: Sango Ota.

4 jeeps and 3 escort vans.

Hm!

moscobabs: wic day the thin happen .......this report lack details pls

naptu2: Precisely. There is no evidence in the body of the story that the convoy belongs to a governor.

Once upon a time, the Obasanjo Administration banned the use of such convoys by public officers, except a few officers that were listed. The Fashola Administration also banned the use of sirens in Lagos, after Uzoma Okere was brutalised by naval ratings ( https://www.nairaland.com/194120/lagos-bans-governors-others-use ). However, I think we need to go beyond making these things illegal. The Inspector General of Poliice should ensure that convoy drivers that are involved in such accidents are prosecuted.

Demdem: It may not even be a governor but one high ranking official at the federal level or even a high ranking party official , advance party or even a mattress for a govt official. No one knows.
The truth is drastic measures needs to be taken in this country as regards ridicoulous use of convoys.

OAM4J: Please let's restrict all salutations/pleasantries to chat room and let this thread be strictly for serious complaints and suggestions.

Thanks.

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CFCfan: If Nigeria avoids defeat (duh), they would extend their unbeaten run in home competitive games to 63 consecutive matches.
The last time the Super eagles lost a competitive match at home was in 1981: a loss to Algeria in Lagos in a WCQ.

[size=14pt]Competitive Match[/size]

By Stewart Coggin.

Definition:

A competitive match is one played in official competition, generally with points, prize money or a place in the next round of a cup at stake. It differs to a friendly match, which a team would generally play in preparation for the competitive season. There is little riding on the result of these matches.

Katsumoto: Are you here to malign the name of Fela?

It would appear so.

[size=14pt]Exhibition game[/size]

An exhibition game (also known as a demonstration, a friendly, a warmup match, a preparation match, or in some contexts a scrimmage) is a sporting event whose prize money and impact on the team's rankings is either zero or very greatly reduced. These matches are often used to help managers select players for the competitive matches of a tournament and, if the players usually play in different teams in other leagues, it's an opportunity for the players to learn to work with each other. The games can be held between separate teams or between parts of the same team.

For example, two professional snooker or chess players, or two ice hockey teams, may play an exhibition to settle a challenge, to provide professional entertainment, or often to raise money for charities.

Association football

In the early days of association football, friendly matches (or "friendlies" ) were the most common type of match. However since the development of The Football League in England in 1888, league tournaments became established, in addition to lengthy cup tournaments. By the year 2000, national leagues were established in almost every country, as well as regional leagues for lower level teams, thus the significance of friendlies has seriously declined since the 19th century.

Club football

Since the introduction of league football, most club sides play a number of friendlies before the start of each season (called pre-season friendlies). Friendly football matches are considered to be non-competitive and are only used to "warm up" players for a new season/competitive match. There is generally nothing competitive at stake and some rules may be changed or experimented with (such as unlimited substitutions, which allow teams to play younger, less experienced, players, and no cards). Although most friendlies are simply one-off matches arranged by the clubs themselves, in which a certain amount is paid by the challenger club to the incumbent club, some teams do compete in short tournaments, such as the Emirates Cup, Teresa Herrera Trophy and the Amsterdam Tournament. Although these events may involve sponsorship deals and the awarding of a trophy and may even be broadcast on television, there is little prestige attached to them.

International football

International teams also play friendlies, generally in preparation for the qualifying or final stages of major tournaments. This is essential, since national squads generally have much less time together in which to prepare. The biggest difference between friendlies at the club and international levels is that international friendlies mostly take place during club league seasons, not between them. This has on occasion led to disagreement between national associations and clubs as to the availability of players, who could become injured or fatigued in a friendly.

International friendlies give team managers the opportunity to experiment with team selection and tactics before the tournament proper, and also allow them to assess the abilities of players they may potentially select for the tournament squad. Players can be booked in international friendlies, and can be suspended from future international matches based on red cards or accumulated yellows in a specified period. Caps and goals scored also count towards a player's career records. In 2004, FIFA ruled that substitutions by a team be limited to six per match in international friendlies, in response to criticism that such matches were becoming increasingly farcical with managers making as many as 11 substitutions per match.

CARLISTO77:
You're typing redundancy! To compete , according to you, entails what?
Do you know what head-to-head mean? You must be joking.
Do you come to term that Nigeria proposed a huge sum of money to Brazil
before that match was played? To your chagrin, since Nigeria defeated France
in their backyard, being a friendly match, it's not competitive, right?
I dislike your charade of frivolousness..