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'How Lagos High Court Sentenced Me To Death For Crime I Know Nothing About' - Ebonyi State Indigene Cries Out For Help

Ogochukwu, who narrated his ordeal in a video, said he was accused of arranging a robbery attack at a place where he was employed as a security guard (gatekeeper) in the Lekki area of Lagos.

Sampson Ogochukwu, an indigene of Ebonyi State in Nigeria's South-East, currently residing in Lagos, has appealed for help after being sentenced to death by hanging by the Lagos State High Court for a crime he claims he knows nothing about.

According to SaharaReporters , Ogochukwu, who narrated his ordeal in a video, said he was accused of arranging a robbery attack at a place where he was employed as a security guard (gatekeeper) in the Lekki area of Lagos.
He said he was arrested in 2017 after his friend he identified as Chuks Viviana Okonkwo from Imo State who made him relocate from Onitsha in Anambra State to Lagos, got the security guard job for him.

Narrating his ordeal, Ogochukwu said,“I was in Onitsha in Anambra State when my friend, Chuks Viviana Okonkwo from Imo State asked me to relocate to Lagos for him to look for a good job for me because I was not doing any reasonable job in Anambra state.

“I came to Lagos in 2017 and he got a job for me at Lekki Phase 1, and I started working there as a security guard.”

However, he said the same friend who got the job for him brought four others to his place of work, tied him with a rope and forced him to take them to his employer, where they robbed his employer and carted away with his employer’s car and other valuables.

He said,“As I was working there, I didn’t know that the boy had another plan till one day, he came to my place of work with four other boys.

“Before I could know what was happening, they overpowered me and tied me with a rope and forced me to take them to the people I was working for.

“I didn’t know what they wanted, so I took them to the people I was working for and they robbed the people I was working for. They stole the people’s car and other things.”

After the robbery, Ogochukwu said the armed robbers forced him into the car trunk and ran away but along the road, they brought him out, gave him N100,000 and asked him to leave Lagos and return to the South-East.

However, he decided to go back to his employer to explain what happened but he got arrested and was accused of being the masterminder of the robbery.

“When they were leaving, they put me inside the car trunk and got to the road, they brought me out and gave me N100,000 and said that if I knew what was good for me, I should run back to the East.

“They ran away and I decided to go back to my place of work to explain to them what happened. When I got there and explained what happened, but they arrested me and called the police.

“I explained to the police but they said I was lying, that all of us arranged for the robbery. I was taken to court and from court I was sent to prison since 2017,”he said in the video.

Ogochukwu further said,“I don’t have anyone. I didn’t even have a lawyer to speak for me in court. But not long after, they tracked and arrested the armed robbers.

“They (armed robbers) told the police that I was not part of them and that I knew nothing about the robbery but the police insisted that I was part of them.

“They (armed robbers) called their people who got lawyers for them and we kept going to court since 2017 and October 31, 2024, the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja discharged the other four persons and sentenced me to death by hanging.

“They said I was the one who brought the armed robbers who came to rob, meanwhile there was nothing like that.”

Pleading for urgent help and intervention by any lawyer to appeal his case, Ogochukwu said,“Please Igbos, help me. I need a lawyer to appeal my case. Please help me. I don’t know anything about this. Please, I’m making this video from inside prison.”

Meanwhile, SaharaReporters called two mobile numbers attached to the video said to be s through which Ogochukwu could be reached but they are all not available.

https://saharareporters.com/2024/11/13/how-lagos-high-court-sentenced-me-death-crime-i-know-nothing-about-ebonyi-indigene-cries

The case should be revisited. Miscarriage of justice is the highest injustice anywhere in the world.

As for those who would call Nigeria for something like this, it happens even in America,too.

It appears complicated. The story needs to be properly reviewed. How close were you to your friend who helped you to find job?How much do you know him before following him to Lagos? I pray that God helps you out.

The fact that he went back to explain to the employer could interpret two things.....

1. His conscience couldn't let him deal with his masters or it wasn't part of what they planned initially.

2. His innocent and has a good heart.

But I believe he must have known his friend and what he does... Probably he was a criminal back home and relocated to Lagos.

Elohimisgood:
'How Lagos High Court Sentenced Me To Death For Crime I Know Nothing About' - Ebonyi State Indigene Cries Out For Help

Ogochukwu, who narrated his ordeal in a video, said he was accused of arranging a robbery attack at a place where he was employed as a security guard (gatekeeper) in the Lekki area of Lagos.

Sampson Ogochukwu, an indigene of Ebonyi State in Nigeria's South-East, currently residing in Lagos, has appealed for help after being sentenced to death by hanging by the Lagos State High Court for a crime he claims he knows nothing about.

According to SaharaReporters , Ogochukwu, who narrated his ordeal in a video, said he was accused of arranging a robbery attack at a place where he was employed as a security guard (gatekeeper) in the Lekki area of Lagos.
He said he was arrested in 2017 after his friend he identified as Chuks Viviana Okonkwo from Imo State who made him relocate from Onitsha in Anambra State to Lagos, got the security guard job for him.

Narrating his ordeal, Ogochukwu said,“I was in Onitsha in Anambra State when my friend, Chuks Viviana Okonkwo from Imo State asked me to relocate to Lagos for him to look for a good job for me because I was not doing any reasonable job in Anambra state.

“I came to Lagos in 2017 and he got a job for me at Lekki Phase 1, and I started working there as a security guard.”

However, he said the same friend who got the job for him brought four others to his place of work, tied him with a rope and forced him to take them to his employer, where they robbed his employer and carted away with his employer’s car and other valuables.

He said,“As I was working there, I didn’t know that the boy had another plan till one day, he came to my place of work with four other boys.

“Before I could know what was happening, they overpowered me and tied me with a rope and forced me to take them to the people I was working for.

“I didn’t know what they wanted, so I took them to the people I was working for and they robbed the people I was working for. They stole the people’s car and other things.”

After the robbery, Ogochukwu said the armed robbers forced him into the car trunk and ran away but along the road, they brought him out, gave him N100,000 and asked him to leave Lagos and return to the South-East.

However, he decided to go back to his employer to explain what happened but he got arrested and was accused of being the masterminder of the robbery.

“When they were leaving, they put me inside the car trunk and got to the road, they brought me out and gave me N100,000 and said that if I knew what was good for me, I should run back to the East.

“They ran away and I decided to go back to my place of work to explain to them what happened. When I got there and explained what happened, but they arrested me and called the police.

“I explained to the police but they said I was lying, that all of us arranged for the robbery. I was taken to court and from court I was sent to prison since 2017,”he said in the video.

Ogochukwu further said,“I don’t have anyone. I didn’t even have a lawyer to speak for me in court. But not long after, they tracked and arrested the armed robbers.

“They (armed robbers) told the police that I was not part of them and that I knew nothing about the robbery but the police insisted that I was part of them.

“They (armed robbers) called their people who got lawyers for them and we kept going to court since 2017 and October 31, 2024, the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja discharged the other four persons and sentenced me to death by hanging.

“They said I was the one who brought the armed robbers who came to rob, meanwhile there was nothing like that.”

Pleading for urgent help and intervention by any lawyer to appeal his case, Ogochukwu said,“Please Igbos, help me. I need a lawyer to appeal my case. Please help me. I don’t know anything about this. Please, I’m making this video from inside prison.”

Meanwhile, SaharaReporters called two mobile numbers attached to the video said to be s through which Ogochukwu could be reached but they are all not available.

https://www.tori.ng/news/287309/how-lagos-high-court-sentenced-me-to-death-for-cri.html

Ebubu9 of nairaland or Ebonyi1stson or even nwoba chika nwoba

Jcoleworld911:


Ebubu9 of nairaland or Ebonyi1stson or even nwoba chika nwoba

We're handling his case and I've reached out to Ebonyi Commissioner for Justice Dr. Ben Uruchi Odoh in Ochudo City.

We're assembling a team of expat lawyers and reaching out to Lagos state Government for State pardon.

Ebubu9:
We're handling his case and I've reached out to Ebonyi Commissioner for Justice Dr. Ben Uruchi Odoh in Ochudo City.

We're assembling a team of expat lawyers and reaching out to Lagos state Government for State pardon.

“Expert lawyers”
Hope your lawyers are sound? And not like you

Jcoleworld911:


“Expert lawyers”
Hope your lawyers are sound? And not like you

I'm not from Anambra state, so I'm not a tribalistic idiot.

Jcoleworld911:


“Expert lawyers”
Hope your lawyers are sound? And not like you

You should know as a government agent, I have received expats who are foreign professionals who worked in the airport, and as such my keyboard will occasionally use it and I send anyway as I have a lot of tasks to do. This is not a literary work.

Ebubu9:


You should know as a government agent, I have received expats who are foreign professionals who worked in the airport, and as such my keyboard will occasionally use it and I send anyway as I have a lot of tasks to do. This is not a literary work.

You mean “expatriate”?
Kid, I’m not in that mood now
Bye

Ebubu9:

I'm not from Anambra state, so I'm not a tribalistic idiot.

You’re always angry with yourself, why are ebonyians like this??

Kid, free yourself from hate

Your matter na grace of God o

Jcoleworld911:


You’re always angry with yourself, why are ebonyians like this??

Kid, free yourself from hate

Why are Anambra people always into drug and ritualism ?

Kid, free yourself from ogwu ego and get rich quick syndrome through dubious means

What's with the part about catching the other robbers and later getting them discharged?🤔
Is the Judge plus NPF mad? 🤬

Lets say he is guilty....Is sentencing the guy to death the right judgement?? Did anyone die during the operation.

He shouldn't have taken them to the place of his work, when you mingle with criminals this is bound to happen

Sentenced to death for what exactly ?

He kill somebody ?

If this guy dies unjustly, then his employer, prosecutors and the judge will forever experience untimely death in their household.

His entire story line does not make any sense .

Especially the part where he said the robbers were discharged by the court even after he said they had confessed to the police to committing the crime and exonerated him.

Which judge will then discharge the ones who confessed and then have him sentenced to death for armed robbery?

The guy never talk true.

The story is not clear at all.

ruggedtimi:
Lets say he is guilty....Is sentencing the guy to death the right judgement?? Did anyone die during the operation.

The penalty for armed robbery is death.

Hmmmm okay

Tinubu built Lagos to breed charge and bail judges. Eranko gbogbo.

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Sentencing him to death was harsh. The case ought to be properly investigated. I feel bad whenever I see an innocent person suffering for a crime he didn't commit.

see this otondo. Lagos no be sane society

AntiZikist:
He's entire story line does not make any sense .

Especially the part where he said the robbers were discharged by the court even after he said they had confessed to the police to committing the crime and exonerated him.

Which judge will then discharge the ones who confessed and then have him sentenced to death for armed robbery?

The guy never talk true.

Punishment for robbery is death!?

BlocksNG:
see this otondo. Lagos no be sane society

Well, Lagos still better that your cannibal enclave all of Una dey run from enter night bus come Lagos.

Shift.

Miscarriage of justice

Brother stop lying, Nigeria is d highest place injustice happened.

Caseless:
The case should be revisited. Miscarriage of justice is the highest injustice anywhere in the world.

As for those who would call Nigeria for something like this, it happens even in America,too.

Judicial bandits, death sentence for robbery. Why no death sentence for polithievians?