Thirteen Filipinos who were arrested on 14th November, 2008, and charged to court on 17th December, 2008, were Friday 20th February, 2009, convicted by Justice Chukwura Nnamani, at the Federal High Court 1, Benin City.
The accused persons who initially pleaded not guilty on arraignment, later changed their plea and they were found guilty based on their plea.
The charges against include Conspiracy among themselves to commit felony; to deal in petroleum products without authorization, dealing in 12,000 metric tones of petroleum products, suspected to be crude oil and bunkered in a vessel marked MT-AKUADA.
Justice Nnamani in his judgement, sentenced the 13accused persons to five years imprisonment, or a fine of one million naira (N1,000,000.00 ) each.
The accused persons who initially pleaded not guilty on arraignment, later changed their plea and they were found guilty based on their plea.
The charges against include Conspiracy among themselves to commit felony; to deal in petroleum products without authorization, dealing in 12,000 metric tones of petroleum products, suspected to be crude oil and bunkered in a vessel marked MT-AKUADA.
Justice Nnamani in his judgement, sentenced the 13accused persons to five years imprisonment, or a fine of one million naira (N1,000,000.00 ) each.