Tuesday, March 10, 2015
Breaking! Ivory Coast's First Lady Sentenced To 20 Years Imprisonment For Role In Post Electoral Violence
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Former Ivorian First Lady Mrs Simone Gbagbo has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment by an Ivorian court for organising post election violence after her husband, Laurent Gbagbo lost out in the 2010 Presidential elections in Ivory Coast.
The Prosecution team had initially requested for a 10 Year jail term but the court decided to double it making it a 20 year imprisonment term. In a unanimous judgement today March 10th, the court said Mrs Gbagbo together with her husband's supporters, after rejecting the results from the elections that saw her husband's main rival, Alassane Ouattara declared winner of the election, carried out activities that undermined the state security which left over 3000 people dead.
Laurent Gbagbo's son from a previous marriage, Michel Gbagbo, was also sentenced to 5 years imprisonment for his role in the post election violence. Lawyers to Mrs Gbagbo say they would be appealing the judgement.
The Prosecution team had initially requested for a 10 Year jail term but the court decided to double it making it a 20 year imprisonment term. In a unanimous judgement today March 10th, the court said Mrs Gbagbo together with her husband's supporters, after rejecting the results from the elections that saw her husband's main rival, Alassane Ouattara declared winner of the election, carried out activities that undermined the state security which left over 3000 people dead.
Laurent Gbagbo's son from a previous marriage, Michel Gbagbo, was also sentenced to 5 years imprisonment for his role in the post election violence. Lawyers to Mrs Gbagbo say they would be appealing the judgement.
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I hope Dame Patience Jonathan learn from this before making violence utterance during campaign that can trigger both pre and post elections violence.
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