An Ekiti State High
Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti has discharged and acquitted two lovers, Kenneth
George and Evelyn Okechukwu, after they spent four years in prison on an
allegation of theft.
Justice Isaac Akintayo
held that after listening to the prosecution and defence witnesses, “no
reasonable court or tribunal will convict them (accused persons).”
Akintayi said, “I hold
that the prosecution had failed to prove its case against the accused persons
as required by Law.”
Akintayo, thereafter,
ordered that the accused persons be discharged and acquitted on all the five
counts of robbery and conspiracy.
Earlier, the state
counsel, Mr. Gbenga Daramola, had told the court that the accused persons committed
the offence on December 12, 2010 on Igbole Road, Ido-Ekiti.
The prosecutor said the
offence contravened Section 1(2)(a) of the Robbery and Firearms (Special
Provisons)Act, Cap R 11, Vol. 14, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.
In his argument, the
defence counsel, Mr. Kola Kolade, urged the court to discharge and acquit his
clients since the prosecution counsel had failed to prove its case against
them.
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