Nigerian Trucker Sentenced to Die
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PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria — A 30-year-old tank truck driver was sentenced to death Friday for storing nearly 5,000 gallons of gasoline--unlawful under the military government’s anti-corruption laws.
The tribunal chairman, Judge Okwuchukwu Opene, acting without a jury, sentenced Vincent Agulannah to be executed under emergency legislation decreed after Maj. Gen. Mohammed Buhari took power in Nigeria in a December, 1982, coup.
Agulannah was the fourth person sentenced to death for economic crimes, but the three earlier death sentences were later commuted to prison terms.
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