A High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State
capital, on Friday, sentenced three men to death by hanging.
The men who were sentenced to death
for robbery were: Taiwo Hassan(39), Henry Okeke(30 and Oladimeji Olanrewaju(27)
.
Delivering his judgement, Justice
Olusegun Ogunyemi said the condemned robbers were guilty of the two-count
charge leveled against them, thereby ordering that they should die by hanging.
“I have carefully considered the
evidences before this court by the Department of Public Prosecution,(DPP),the
prosecution and the defence counsels.
“I hereby find the accused persons
guilty of the charges of conspiracy and armed robbery as charged and hereby
convict them thereof,” the judge said.
While the trial lasted, the
prosecuting counsel, Mr. Oluwaseun Fasote, a legal officer in the office of the
Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), told the court that the convicts
committed the offence on December 7, 2010, along Ado-Afoa Road, in the Ado-Ekiti
judicial division of Ekiti State.
The charge sheet preferred against
them read that : “Taiwo Hassan, Henry Okeke and Oladimeji Olanrewaju on
December 7, 2010, along Ado-Afao Road, in the Ado judicial Division conspired
to commit felony to wit: armed robbery.
“Taiwo Hassan, Henry Okeke and
Olanrewaju on the same date, place and time while armed with gun, robbed one
Mr. Lateef Saka of his cell-phone, the sum of N360.00 and a Toyota Hummer bus
with registration No XQ 987 BDG.” The prosecutor contended that the offences
committed contravened Sections: 6(B),1(2)(a) of the Robbery and
Firearms(Special Provisions) Act Cap R11 Volume 14, Laws of the Federation of
Nigeria 2004.
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