3 To Die By Hanging For Robbery In Ekiti

An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti has sentenced three persons to death by hanging for the offences of Armed Robbery and Conspiracy.

The men convicted by the court headed by Justice John Adeyeye  are Akingbade David, Michael Mayowa and Ibrahim Jimoh Mukaila.

They committed the offences in March 2019 at NTA Road, Ado- Ekiti.

The convicts on the said day robbed at gunpoint, one Gbenga Ajayi of his Toyota Corolla car.

They were arrested and charged to court with the offences of conspiracy and armed robbery contrary to Section 6(b)of the Robbery and Firearms (Special Provisions)Act,Cap.R11, Vol.14,Laws of the Federation of Nigeria,2004.

An assistant chief legal officer, O. F Ajumobi, who prosecuted the case for Ekiti State called two witnesses and tendered eleven Exhibits in support of the case.

The trio of Akin Abon, lyanu Olumuagun, and Adeyinka Opaleke, who represented the convicts gave evidence in their defence and called no additional witnesses.

Delivering his judgment, Justice Adeyeye held that the prosecution proved all the ingredients of the offences against the defendants beyond reasonable doubt.

He consequently convicted all the defendants and sentenced them to death by hanging for both the offences.