A High Court sitting in Kwale, Ndokwa West Local Government Area of Delta State has sentenced two men to 10 years in imprisonment for illegal possession of a cut-to-size single-barrel gun.
The court presided over by Justice O. F Enenmo sentenced the two men to jail on Monday.
The defendants, Joshua Anamali, 25, and Nelson Adoh, 30, are in custody at the custodial center, Kwale.
The two defendants were arrested by police during their normal routine stop and search on January 27, 2021, at Ndemili in Ndokwa West Local Government Area of Delta State when the exhibit was recovered from them.
The judge who examined the case preferred against the defendants found them guilty and consequently convicted and sentenced them to 10 years for the offence of illegal possession of firearms.
Speaking to journalists shortly after the judgment on Monday, the prosecuting counsel, Catherine Oboreruomo applauded the judgment.
Oboreruomo said, “Two witnesses testified in the case against the defendants
“We are begging young people to shun crime because the result of crime is condemnation and destruction.”
