2 jailed 5 years each for pipeline vandalism

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(Nigeria) A Federal High Court in Jos, Plateau State on Thursday sentenced two oil pipeline vandals to five years imprisonment each without an option of fine.
The convicts, Emplo Asul, 28, and Abimbi Asukudu, 30, were convicted on a five-count charge of unlawfully obstructing the movement of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, after vandalising an oil pipelines in Bassa, Plateau State.
Other charges against them included unlawful dealing in the petroleum products, unlawful interference in the free-flow of PMS, unlawful procurement and unlawful aid to procure the commodity.
All charges attract a five-year jail term on conviction.
When the case came for hearing before Justice Ambrose Allagoa on Thursday, the convicts who were apprehended by men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, pleaded guilty to the charges.
Their lawyer, Mrs Leah Dagung, pleaded with the judge to tamper justice with mercy since the suspects did not waste the court’s time by denying the charges.
In his judgment, Allagoa declared that instead of serving a total 25 years in jail, having been found guilty on the five charges, they were to serve each of the five years concurrently.
``The sentence will serve as a deterrent to others involved in such vices that are stunting Nigeria’s growth,’’ he declared.
The Plateau State Command of the NSCDC on January 22, 2014 apprehended the vandals at Mista Ali, a settlement in the Bassa Local Government Area while committing the act.

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