Eight Nigerians have been
sentenced to death in Sharjah, United Arab Emirate (UAE), for robbery crimes
committed in December 2016.
The sentence is coming less than
three weeks after five Nigerians, who allegedly robbed a bureau de change in
Sharjah, were arrested.
According to Gulf News, an online
platform in UAE, Majid Al Muhairi of Sharjah criminal court delivered the
verdict after the suspects were found guilty of carrying out a string of armed
robbery attacks at money exchanges and cash machines across the emirate in
2016.
A total of 20 suspects were
initially held for attacking security guards in four violent attacks staged to
ambush security trucks that were transporting money boxes to and from automated
teller machines (ATMs), and money exchanges across Sharjah.
The gang was all said to be in
the country on visit visas.
Out of 20 suspects, nine were
convicted while eight were sentenced to death. The ninth man was sentenced to
six months in prison followed by deportation for possession of stolen money.
They were said to have made away
with over Dh1,700,000, a sum of which only a portion has been recovered, as the
convicts had reportedly divided the money among themselves and transferred it
to Nigeria.
Mohammed Rimi, Nigerian
ambassador to UAE, had said a total of 446 Nigerians are currently serving
different terms in the emirates for crimes ranging from possession of hard
drugs to engaging in robbery.
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