A business woman, Doyin Adebowale Adekoya has been sentenced by Justice Hakeem Oshodi of the Lagos State High Court to Six Months Community Service bothering on a N20,547,000 Fraud on a Nine count charge bordering on stealing, conspiracy and Obtaining Money under false pretense...............Culled from Instablog
The sentencing by the Honorable Judge has raised a lot of questions by the ardent followers of the blog , reactions like 'the more you steal, the less sentence in Nigeria' 'Nigeria courts are designed for the poor' etc.
We shall be looking at Sentencing as a topic,Sentencing is the pronouncement by the court upon the accused person after is conviction in a criminal prosecution, imposing the punishment to be inflicted.The penalty for offences is usually in form of fine, imprisonment, canning, binding over or execution depending on the offence committed,
In case of the above , the severity of the sentence imposed on an accused. The court is not obliged to give reason for the sentencing except in an offence where the law has clearly stated the applicable sentence as held in SLAP V A G OF THE FEDERATION.
Lastly, it is important to bear in mind that sentence no matter the duration does not change the status of the convicted person, the major aim of sentence is to serve as deterrent to others and not to destroy the offender.
Thank you
Oyenike Alliyu
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