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Re: 'How Lagos High Court Sentenced Me To Death For Crime I Know Nothing About' by Nobody: 8:59pm On Nov 16, 2024
JASONjnr:
The fact that he went back to explain to the employer could interpret two things.....

1. His conscience couldn't let him deal with his masters or it wasn't part of what they planned initially.

2. His innocent and has a good heart.

But I believe he must have known his friend and what he does... Probably he was a criminal back home and relocated to Lagos.
Possible summation. In all, may we not be unfortunate, amen.
Re: 'How Lagos High Court Sentenced Me To Death For Crime I Know Nothing About' by Jonjam269: 9:00pm On Nov 16, 2024
BlocksNG:
Tinubu built Lagos to breed charge and bail judges. Eranko gbogbo.
Blame your IPOB miscreants who left Alaigbo to commit crime in Lagos.
Re: 'How Lagos High Court Sentenced Me To Death For Crime I Know Nothing About' by sparko1(m): 9:02pm On Nov 16, 2024
Caseless:
The case should be revisited. Miscarriage of justice is the highest injustice anywhere in the world.

As for those who would call Nigeria for something like this, it happens even in America,too.
First question, did they break in? If no then you let them through the gate, and for something like this, it will probably be at night, so you allowed someone without appointment in without the oga's knowledge.

2. They took you to your oga, very funny, that means, there was another door and you somehow asked them to open the door for you under false pretense for the robbers to operate.

3. They gave you 100k?🙄🙄 As what, thank you, safe journey, and YOU COLLECTED IT🙄🙄🙄 WHY? Because you couldn't say NO?

4. You said the other guys were arrested and testified you knew nothing😂😂😂 but they released them because?🙄🙄 If they were Yoruba now, you can say they use that fact but NO! You said lawyers, guess what, the only way you get a death penalty for armed robbery is if there's intent to cause harm with both evidence and witnesses, your friends turned on you, that's IF, any of what you said is true, and that is a big IF!

And finally, you said you guys were friends, he brought you to Lagos, got you the Job and within 12 months, the above happened, even with the fact that you were the one telling the story, there was no way for you to explain the above away, imagine when we decide to investigate.
Re: 'How Lagos High Court Sentenced Me To Death For Crime I Know Nothing About' by decency17(m): 9:07pm On Nov 16, 2024
He cannot be completely exonerated, he knew the architect of the robbery, operation planned in his room. He was even warned not to allow the guy into the compound but he kept on harbouring him. He ran away with them after the robbery, received a share of the loot. All of that cannot be just coincidence. He can only appeal the sentence. The sentence is harsh for the crime.
Re: 'How Lagos High Court Sentenced Me To Death For Crime I Know Nothing About' by sparko1(m): 9:13pm On Nov 16, 2024
patrickcollins:
Why must he be sentenced to death for Arm Robbery
It's intent to commit harm with deadly weapons. That attracts a death penalty.
Re: 'How Lagos High Court Sentenced Me To Death For Crime I Know Nothing About' by HellVictorinho9: 9:19pm On Nov 16, 2024
FreeStuffsNG:
He lost me at the point where he said that the alleged armed robbers from the South-East were set free. That's strange. It's good to appeal the case to test the judgment. This has nothing to do with his being Igbo. He has admitted to having a relationship with the alleged armed robbers. That's serious. I pray he gets justice.
Were people killed during the operation? That could be a missing part of his account too.
Did he assist them in the robbery?

Why is having a relationship with them being interpreted this way?
Re: 'How Lagos High Court Sentenced Me To Death For Crime I Know Nothing About' by onuman: 9:24pm On Nov 16, 2024
Re: 'How Lagos High Court Sentenced Me To Death For Crime I Know Nothing About' by grandstar(m): 9:25pm On Nov 16, 2024
Can't something as simple as a lie detector test be carried out to detect culpability? Why are we still living in the stone age?
Re: 'How Lagos High Court Sentenced Me To Death For Crime I Know Nothing About' by lacasera14(m): 9:31pm On Nov 16, 2024
But I don't understand the Nigerian police. The guy came back to explain, they arrested him. Now they've arrested the real robbers who testified that he wasn't part of them, that testimony is enough to exonerate him, yet they still kept him, and released the thieves. Now they've sentenced him to death. What kind of country is this. Maybe he needs a lawyer. If you father is a police man you should be praying everyday by 9,12,6, and 3
Re: 'How Lagos High Court Sentenced Me To Death For Crime I Know Nothing About' by FreeStuffsNG:
Ebubu9:
We're handling his case and I've reached out to Ebonyi Commissioner for Justice Dr. Ben Uruchi Odoh in Ochudo City.

We're assembling a team of expat lawyers and reaching out to Lagos state Government for State pardon.
Unfortunately, this has nothing to do with Lagos State Government anymore. It's now between the Appeal Court and the Police. Lagos State Government is not in control of any of the two institutions.


onatisi:
You will understand this case better if you watch verydarkman version about this issue.
This man was tricked into admitting to the crime , and that was why the real robbers were released. When they got to court ,instead of this man pointing out the robbers and identifying then as the real robbers , he rather told the court that he has never seen them before .


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cyge_2DrWyQ
HellVictorinho9:
Did he assist them in the robbery?

Why is having a relationship with them being interpreted this way?
@Bolded is the problem. It could be argued that he is an accessory after he admitted to receiving part of the proceeds of the crime. We don't even know yet if someone or people were murdered during the robbery.

Re: 'How Lagos High Court Sentenced Me To Death For Crime I Know Nothing About' by gracealonev: 9:35pm On Nov 16, 2024
Caseless:
The case should be revisited. Miscarriage of justice is the highest injustice anywhere in the world.

As for those who would call Nigeria for something like this, it happens even in America,too.
You are sounding like an activist!
If only you know the percentage of innocent people on death row in our prisons, you wouldn't blink till daybreak.

Sometimes, I think Nigeria's problems may be partly due to overflowing injustice in our land.

And that's why I will never blame any governor thar refuses to sign death warrants.
Re: 'How Lagos High Court Sentenced Me To Death For Crime I Know Nothing About' by onatisi(m): 9:35pm On Nov 16, 2024
Ebubu9:
We're handling his case and I've reached out to Ebonyi Commissioner for Justice Dr. Ben Uruchi Odoh in Ochudo City.

We're assembling a team of expat lawyers and reaching out to Lagos state Government for State pardon.
You will understand this case better if you watch verydarkman version about this issue.
This man was tricked into admitting to the crime , and that was why the real robbers were released. When they got to court ,instead of this man pointing out the robbers and identifying then as the real robbers , he rather told the court that he has never seen them before .


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cyge_2DrWyQ
Re: 'How Lagos High Court Sentenced Me To Death For Crime I Know Nothing About' by nairalanda1(m): 9:36pm On Nov 16, 2024
grandstar:
Can't something as simple as a lie detector test be carried out to detect culpability? Why are we still living in the stone age?
Lie detector tests are not very reliable.

Even in the USA, where they are used widely, the evidence obtained therein cannot be used in court.

A key problem is that they measure stress response, not whether someone is actually lying. Now a liar can be under stress, yes, which is how the test catches some of them, and a liar can lie calmly and beat the test.

Also a person telling the truth may be under stress at that moment because anxiety and fail the test.
Re: 'How Lagos High Court Sentenced Me To Death For Crime I Know Nothing About' by greggng: 9:39pm On Nov 16, 2024
The last time I checked armed robbery incident test didn't claim the life of anyone shouldn't deserve death sentence . May be lawyers in the house should advice us better. If he js truly guilty he wont go back to the work place ...We are living in a country where there is miscarriage of justice ..He might even go to jail for being igbo
Re: 'How Lagos High Court Sentenced Me To Death For Crime I Know Nothing About' by AntiZikist: 9:46pm On Nov 16, 2024
abatically:
According to vdm, who visited him in prison, the case is more complex. Vdm said he told him after they caught the robbers, the prosecuting lawyer came to meet him in prison and told him they only way they could help him was if he denied ever knowing the robbers in front of the judge which he agreed to do. So when they got to court they asked him 'do you know these guys' and he said he didn't know them. That's allegedly by the way. If this is true then he has really implicated himself. But death sentence? That is harsh since there was no report of anyone dying from the robbery.
Armed robbery is a capital offense.

I still smell a rat because armed robbery cases are not prosecuted by the Police but instead by the DPP.
Re: 'How Lagos High Court Sentenced Me To Death For Crime I Know Nothing About' by onatisi(m): 9:50pm On Nov 16, 2024
FreeStuffsNG:
@Bolded is the problem. It could be argued that he is an accessory after he admitted to receiving part of the proceeds of the crime. We don't even know yet if someone or people were murdered during the robbery.
He was given 100k by the guys that robbed . He was the one that brought them into the house , one of them is his friend and his madame had warned him about bringing people into the house. Noone was killed , they bundled him into the car they stole ,dropped him off ,they gave him 100k and told him to run away, he went back to the madame house and she got him arrested . Then the madame lawyer came and advised him to tell the judge that he doesn't know the robbers and likewise the madame before ,that was how the real robbers were released . If he had told the truth and identified them , he won't be in this mess
Re: 'How Lagos High Court Sentenced Me To Death For Crime I Know Nothing About' by AntiZikist: 9:51pm On Nov 16, 2024
greggng:
The last time I checked armed robbery incident test didn't claim the life of anyone shouldn't deserve death sentence . May be lawyers in the house should advice us better. If he js truly guilty he wont go back to the work place ...We are living in a country where there is miscarriage of justice ..He might even go to jail for being igbo
Armed robbery is a capital offense in Nigeria and it doesn't matter if it resulted in no fatalities or deaths.

Even if you use a fake replica gun to rob someone it's still considered as an armed robbery offense and attracts the same capital punishment.

For you to conclude that he was convicted because he is Ibo , what of the other accused that he claimed were discharged ? Are they not Ibos as well?
Re: 'How Lagos High Court Sentenced Me To Death For Crime I Know Nothing About' by Phyde: 9:57pm On Nov 16, 2024
Angel55555:
The penalty for armed robbery is death.
Then most of our politicians supposed to have died by hanging.
Re: 'How Lagos High Court Sentenced Me To Death For Crime I Know Nothing About' by Funkybabee(f): 10:00pm On Nov 16, 2024
If you are saying the truth, Holy spirit will come for your rescue and you will be set free
Re: 'How Lagos High Court Sentenced Me To Death For Crime I Know Nothing About' by FaradayIQ: 10:01pm On Nov 16, 2024
Nigeria a joke
And the same court cannot even sentence politicians that are impoverish the nation.
Re: 'How Lagos High Court Sentenced Me To Death For Crime I Know Nothing About' by AntiZikist: 10:01pm On Nov 16, 2024
vannessa7:
The keyword is armed, once they have weapons, death is the penalty
Even a replica toy gun is considered as being armed as the entire purpose of armed robbery is to terrorise someone to give up their property under threat of violence.

It's inconsequential the kind of weapon used be it an AK 47 or a screwdriver - as long as the victim was intimidated by use of a deadly weapon or threat to life or bodily harm , it's still armed robbery.
Re: 'How Lagos High Court Sentenced Me To Death For Crime I Know Nothing About' by AntiZikist: 10:03pm On Nov 16, 2024
blackboy:
It's hard to believe you are innocent but I would advise you appeal . Did anyone of the culprits say you have no part in the robbery?
There's an automatic appeal process filed for those convicted and sentenced for a capital offense.
Re: 'How Lagos High Court Sentenced Me To Death For Crime I Know Nothing About' by FreeStuffsNG: 10:03pm On Nov 16, 2024
onatisi:
He was given 100k by the guys that robbed . He was the one that brought them into the house , one of them is his friend and his madame had warned him about bringing people into the house. Noone was killed , they bundled him into the car they stole ,dropped him off ,they gave him 100k and told him to run away, he went back to the madame house and she got him arrested . Then the madame lawyer came and advised him to tell the judge that he doesn't know the robbers and likewise the madame before ,that was how the real robbers were released . If he had told the truth and identified them , he won't be in this mess
If no one was killed then I am relieved. Your explanation is more than he is in a mess, he is even liable for perjury if it's true that he lied under oath to deny knowing the other suspects. It will be difficult to get those freed suspects tried again.

There's nothing to prove that his Madam and her Lawyer participated in the perjury. They are not the prosecution but prosecution witness.
Re: 'How Lagos High Court Sentenced Me To Death For Crime I Know Nothing About' by Oluyole74: 10:04pm On Nov 16, 2024
People from ebonyi state are known for palmwine tapping,and selling of newspaper,while calabars are known for housemaid,eetin concerns him with security job
Re: 'How Lagos High Court Sentenced Me To Death For Crime I Know Nothing About' by grandstar(m): 10:07pm On Nov 16, 2024
nairalanda1:
Lie detector tests are not very reliable.

Even in the USA, where they are used widely, the evidence obtained therein cannot be used in court.

A key problem is that they measure stress response, not whether someone is actually lying. Now a liar can be under stress, yes, which is how the test catches some of them, and a liar can lie calmly and beat the test.

Also a person telling the truth may be under stress at that moment because anxiety and fail the test.
They are far more advanced themselves days.

They focus on your brain activity.

You use up more brain activity when telling a lie than stating the truth. Someone becomes untestable when they use drugs.

Many US states now use them in their judicial system. It's also applied by the Child Protective Service to determine whether a child is being abused by a parent.

Watch the videos below, at least the first two.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPoBQHk9Bio?si=LTpDhNulSjVCu4q_


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1L0IqbUSZk?si=XH6K6lrbtG3PRYUI


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wu76RaIHpUc?si=ReDb2IKtJIm9VNqD


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exvrCboJqvY?si=jmuvSzbVRprNO0wS
Re: 'How Lagos High Court Sentenced Me To Death For Crime I Know Nothing About' by simpleseyi: 10:10pm On Nov 16, 2024
ruggedtimi:
Lets say he is guilty....Is sentencing the guy to death the right judgement?? Did anyone die during the operation.
If you are a criminal, better stop it before hand go reach you too
Re: 'How Lagos High Court Sentenced Me To Death For Crime I Know Nothing About' by AntiZikist: 10:12pm On Nov 16, 2024
ruffhandu:
You mean there is ever a case in Nigeria where 5 people were caught and 4 said the fifth guy was innocent and the Judged freed the 4 and sentenced the fifth to death by hanging? Please send me a link make I read am. Just curious.
And you believe the condemned inmate statement ?

This is what the police refer to as "after thought".

I believe there's more to this story and I am not buying this guy's account at all.

FYI, such a case will not be prosecuted in court by the Police. Instead it will be prosecuted by the Lagos State ministry of justice through the DPP office. The DPP won't arraign someone for such serious offense without conclusive proof and evidence that they will get a conviction. That's why after the first court arraignment before a magistrate court by the investigative police office, the case file is sent to the DPP for advice and prosecution. Most times the DPP will review the first police investigative report and review the initial charges when they see that there is no case before filing fresh charges before a competent court.

How come this guy's case still went to trial and he even claims he had no legal representation.

I smell bullshit.

The guy is simply looking for public sympathy and a retrial.

This is another more serious mmseonoma case in the making.
Re: 'How Lagos High Court Sentenced Me To Death For Crime I Know Nothing About' by Funkybabee(f): 10:13pm On Nov 16, 2024
onatisi:
You will understand this case better if you watch verydarkman version about this issue.
This man was tricked into admitting to the crime , and that was why the real robbers were released. When they got to court ,instead of this man pointing out the robbers and identifying then as the real robbers , he rather told the court that he has never seen them before .


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cyge_2DrWyQ
Yes, it's step by step.

The lawyer that taught him that must also be implicated, Holy spirit will come for hos rescue
Re: 'How Lagos High Court Sentenced Me To Death For Crime I Know Nothing About' by AntiZikist: 10:14pm On Nov 16, 2024
BlocksNG:
see this omo ale, I'm from Lagos Island but I'm not a bastard like majority of lagosians. 99% of lagosians are bastards, the highest perternity fraud in the world.
See this 0koro

You are from Lagos and you made this statement earlier about Lagos

BlocksNG:
see this otondo. Lagos no be sane society
Try and stay in character when you are doing your online impersonation.
Re: 'How Lagos High Court Sentenced Me To Death For Crime I Know Nothing About' by nwakibie3(m): 10:20pm On Nov 16, 2024
AntiZikist:
He's entire story line does not make any sense .

Especially the part where he said the robbers were discharged by the court even after he said they had confessed to the police to committing the crime and exonerated him.

Which judge will then discharge the ones who confessed and then have him sentenced to death for armed robbery?

The guy never talk true.
E be like say you just returned to Nigeria. So you don't know that justice is for the highest bidder in Nigeriahuh
Re: 'How Lagos High Court Sentenced Me To Death For Crime I Know Nothing About' by Chidera57: 10:22pm On Nov 16, 2024
AntiZikist:
He's entire story line does not make any sense .

Especially the part where he said the robbers were discharged by the court even after he said they had confessed to the police to committing the crime and exonerated him.

Which judge will then discharge the ones who confessed and then have him sentenced to death for armed robbery?

The guy never talk true.
Listen to VDM u will see the truth there?
Re: 'How Lagos High Court Sentenced Me To Death For Crime I Know Nothing About' by AntiZikist: 10:24pm On Nov 16, 2024
nwakibie3:
E be like say you just returned to Nigeria. So you don't know that justice is for the highest bidder in Nigeriahuh
This is a serious case which I know will not be prosecuted by the Police but by the Lagos State DPP office.

As bad as e be , I don't think a State like Lagos and it's Ministry of justice will be so unprofessional and at the same time convict an innocent man of armed robbery and hand down the death sentence while exonerating four other suspects who confessed to the police .

This is Lagos and not some shithole state .

I will rather hear from the Lagos state AG office than some convicted armed robber.
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