JUST IN: Man jailed 10 years for unlawful possession of firearms
A Bayelsa State High Court sitting in Yenagoa, on Tuesday, sentenced a 32-year-old man, Erenyanate Wealth Godday, to 10 years imprisonment for unlawful possession of firearms.
The convict, an indigene of Nembe-Bassambiri in Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, was arrested for an armed robbery attack on a drive-in Filling Station/Bar known as Kimowei Filling Station located at Amarata area of the state capital, on 11th of April, 2023.
The prosecution team also told the court that the convict was arrested at his residence located at Imgbi Road on 28th April, 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, a locally fabricated English Beretta pistol with three 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 Erenyanate Wealth Godday to 10 years imprisonment.
