sentencing parameters provided in the F. C. T. Court
(Sentencing Guidelines) Practice Directions, 2016.
In applying these guidelines, I had taken into proper
consideration, the following factors:
1. The level of culpability of the convict;
2. The severity of the harm the actions of the convict
caused the Nigerian State and the General public;
and
3. Any other aggravating or mitigating factors that
could
hold
in
determining
the
appropriate
sentence.
On the basis of the foregoing, I had taken into
account the fact that the convict is a first offender,
as noted by both her learned counsel and learned
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