Justice
Ambrose Allagoa of the federal High court Jos has sentenced two NNPC pipeline
vandals to five years in prison each after they were found guilty of the
offence.
The
vandals who were earlier paraded by the plateau state command of the Nigerian
Security and Civil Defence Corp NSCDC, for vandalizing oil pipeline
installations around Mista Ali, were convicted on a five count charge of
unlawful obstruction of PMS, unlawful aid to procure PMS, unlawful dealing in
PMS, unlawful interference with free flow of PMS and unlawful procurement of
PMS.
In
his judgment, Justice Ambrose Allagoa of the Federal High Court Jos who found
them guilty of all the charges sentenced them to 5 years in prison for each
count with no option of fine. He however said all the sentences are to run
concurrently.
A
third suspected member of the gang pleaded not guilty to all the charges and is
still being remanded pending the determination of his case by the court.
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