A Bayelsa State High Court sitting in Yenagoa on Wednesday sentenced one Erenyanate Wealth Godday to 10 years imprisonment for unlawful possession of firearms.
The 32-year-old convict, an indigene of Nembe-Bassambiri in Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, was arrested for the armed robbery attack on a drive-in petrol station/bar known as Kimiowei Filling Station located at Amarata area of the state capital on April 11, 2023.
The police prosecution team also told the court that the convict was arrested at his residence located at Imgbi Road on April 28, 2023, by the men of the Anti-Kidnapping unit of the State Police Command.
According to the charge sheet, during the search in his house located along Imgbi Road, a locally fabricated English Berretta pistol with 3 rounds of 9mm ammunition was recovered by police operatives.
He was later arraigned for unlawful possession of firearms.
The presiding judge, Justice Mike Ikabe of Court 13, after hearing the submission of the prosecuting and defence counsels, sentenced Godday to 10 years imprisonment.
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