national mirror newspaper Court jails driver 5 months for attempted murder June 29, 2013 An Abuja Upper Area Court on Thursday sentenced a driver, Yakubu Mohammed, to five months imprisonment for attempting to kill Paul Eneche, the Senior Pastor of Dunamis International Gospel Centre, Abuja. Justice Umar Kagarko sentenced Mohammed, 33, after he pleaded guilty to the offence. The judge, however, gave the convict an option to pay N35,000 fine. “I decided to impose this light punishment because the accused did not waste the time of the court and police through prosecution,’’ Kagarko said. The police had earlier arraigned him on a two-count charge of attempted homicide and belonging to a secret cult, under sections 230 and 97(A) of the Penal Code. Mohammed admitted that he was a member of a secret cult with headquarters at the top of Zuma Rock, Niger. He told the court that he was assigned by the head of the secret cult to kill the pastor. “When I was about to carry out the mission, I tried all I could to finish him but my power left completely. “I had no option than to go to the church and confess. I was initiated into this group as a child. My father was a retired army officer. I joined the secret cult in my 200 level in the university. I beg the court to temper justice with mercy as I have realised my mistake,’’ he said. Mohammed, who said he had “wasted a lot of innocent lives through this devilish act” promised not to return to the group. The prosecutor, Albert Okara, had earlier told the court that the convict confessed to one Pastor Adetope James in the Security Department of the church. Okara said the convict had been monitoring the movement of Eneche since April and surveying the church premises for an opportunity to carry out his mission. “The accused told Pastor Adetope that he was unable to carry out his mission as he was arrested by the continued prayers of the pastors and members of the church,” he said.
Posted on: Thu, 04 Jul 2013 08:41:53 +0000
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