Criminal Conspiracy, Robbery and Voluntarily Causing Grievous Hurt punishable under Sections 97(1), 298(b) and 247 of the Sokoto State Penal Code Law Cap. 104 Laws of Sokoto State 1996. Consequent upon the foregoing, I resolve the sole issue formulated in favour of the prosecution and against the Defendants. ALLOCUTUS C.B. Sarkin Noma Esq: We plead for leniency and also pray the court to temper justice with mercy by giving lighter sentence to the convicts as they have learnt their lessons and sober now more so there is no record of previous conviction against the convicts. Yakubu Sani Esq: We have no objection to the allocutus made by the defence counsel. To the best of my knowledge, the convicts are first time offenders who have no previous records of conviction. We however urge the court to give them sentence that will deter others from contemplating the commission of a similar offence. SENTENCE By the provisions of Section 310(3) of the Sokoto State ACJL 2019, a trial court after conviction while sentencing a convict, is required to take into consideration all aggravating and mitigating factors or information as a guide in deciding the nature and extent of the sentence to be passed on the convict. I have considered the allocutus made by the defence counsel on behalf of the convicts as well as the response of the prosecution and the provisions of Section 415(2)(a) of the Sokoto State ACJL 2019 as a guide in deciding the extent of sentence to be imposed on the convicts. Page 25 of 27