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former lawyer to UNI canu and the
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councel to the indigenous people of
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bafra iob Bara Ean a has expressed
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Readiness to file appeal at the appeal
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court of justice against the Judgment of
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Legos State high court that sentenced an
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eveny step born security guard Samson
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auku to death by hanging because he was
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accused of masterminding arm robbery
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attack against his employer after he was
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kidnapped and taken away by the young
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robbers who dropped him along the road
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and gave him 100,000 n cash GI to return
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to his village but instead he decided to
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go back to his employer the death row
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inent while calling for help with a
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video of himself inside the kiriri
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maximum prison in Legos State said one
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of the armed robbers happened to be the
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person who took him from on in anambra
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state where he was and held him to Legos
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state to get the security job adding the
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person alongside other members of the
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armed robbery gang were later arrested
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by the police B the high court set them
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free and only sentenced him to death by
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hanging Sahar reporters had reported on
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November 13th 2024 that an indigen of I
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state in the Southeast region of Nigeria
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who is living in Lagos Samson auku had
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cried out for help after he said he was
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sentenced to death by hanging by the
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Legos State high court for a crime he
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knows nothing about auku who narrated
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his oral in a video that has since gone
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viral said he was accused of arranging a
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robbery attack at a place where he was
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employed as a security guard gatekeeper
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in the Lakey area of Lagos he had said
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he was arrested in 2017 after his friend
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he identified as CH Viana OKO from IMO
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state made him relocate from on in anra
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state to Legos and got the security
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guard job for him however he sent the
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same friend who got the job for him
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brought four ERS to his place of work
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tied him with a rope and forced him to
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take them to his employer where they
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robbed his employer and cuted Away with
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valuables after the robbery auku said
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the armed robbers forced him into the
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car trunk and ran away but along the
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road they brought him out gave him
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100,000 ners and asked him to leave
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Legos and returned to the
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southeast however he decided to go back
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to his employer to explain what happened
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but got arrested and was accused of
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being the master leer of the robbery
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subsequently he was arranged in court
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and convicted and sentenced to death by
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hanging while the court discharged the
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criminals who were later arrested by the
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police Bara AEL for in a statement on
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Friday said that his chamber is taken
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off the case adding a junior lawyer in
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his chamber had been sent to the court
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that delivered the judgment to obtain
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documentary evidence and and processes
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filed in the court leading to his
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conviction a je for in a news release
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titled in response to the trending call
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for justice stated in quotes below those
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recently my social media platforms end
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indeed my phones were inundated with
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this trending video though I had in
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response to this Clarion call directed a
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junior colleague to proceed to the court
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that delivered the judgments and obtain
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the necessary records of proceedings
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that will able us to swing into action
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which the process is progressing
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seamlessly I am aware that a citizen
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charged with a capital offense is by law
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entitled to be represented by Council
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this should be the first hle the
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accounts as he provided in the video
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regarding somebody who brought him to
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Legos to find employment and later came
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with his gun to rob in the very
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household he was engaged in is a
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statement of fact that will be verified
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and explored on our opin when we in
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receipt of the records let us see the
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records of proceedings of the trial
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court read the evidence of witnesses
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that testified their extrajudicial
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statements to the police that of the
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convict and his evidence at the trial if
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any and then see how the land trial
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judge evaluated admissible evidence oral
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and documentary and the findings of fact
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he meant from accepted evidence and
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further interferes with the convict from
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the above findings we will determine the
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direction of our legal Arsenal on appeal
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for the interim I will implore the
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general public to give us the space to
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decisively deal with the case in line
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with the requirements of the law let us
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emphasize that this is a public interest
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brief we are solely taking up 100% Pro
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bonu as always barister Ean a
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