Man pleads on behalf on 23-year-old boy sentenced to death for stealing an Android phone and stabbing his victim

A concerned Nigerian has appealed for leniency after a 23-year-old was sentenced to death by hanging for stealing an Android phone in Abuja in an armed robbery.

The culprit, Tope Abiodun was last week sentenced to death by hanging by a High Court in Abuja. He and his accomplice, Godfrey Emmanuel who got 14 years in jail, were convicted for stealing an android LG phone valued at N87, 000 and stabbing their victim in the head in 2013.

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