A 35-Year-Old Indigene of Kogi State, Godwin Adeoye, has been sentenced to jail for three years on a two-count charge of attempted bombing of some National assets, Our Kogi State Correspondent reports.
A Magistrate Court sitting in Lokoja, reportedly handed down the judgment today, Wednesday July 22.
Godwin Adeoye, was arrested on 13th May, 2020, at Ihima, Okehi Local Government Area of Kogi State, following information from the National Headquarters of the DSS of his alleged 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.
Before today’s judgment, he had since been in DSS custody.
Justice A.S. Ibrahim, who delivered the judgment also gave an option of fine to the convict, for being a first offender.
At the resumed hearing at the Lokoja Magistrate Court 2, the accused – Adeoye pleaded guilty to the offences.
It was gathered that the trial judge convicted the accused under section 397 of the Kogi State Penal code.
According to the Prosecuting Counsel, O. A. Yahaya, who represented the Department of State Service, DSS, the accused, had threatened the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, demanding for palliatives for himself and his group or risk bombing of the National Assembly and the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC.
The Counsel to DSS, O. A. Yahaya said they were reviewing the judgment to know whether to go for appeal or not.
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