An Ado Ekiti High Court
has sentenced a middle-aged man, Isa Abdulkareem, to death by hanging for armed
robbery.
Justice
Mosunmola Abodunde, while delivering the judgment on Friday, held that the
prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubts and consequently found the
defendant guilty as charged.
During the
trial, the prosecutor from the state Ministry of Justice, Mr Gbemiga Adaramola,
told the court that Abdulkareem, armed with a gun and cutlass, robbed one Taiwo
Olomola of N110, 000 and Techno phones.
Adaramola said
Abdulkareem carried out the robbery on December 19, 2016, at Ureje area in
Ado-Ekiti, the state capital.
He said,
“Abdulkareem also robbed one Adeya Olalekan of N74, 000 and an Infinix Note 2
phone. The two-count charges of conspiracy and armed robbery contravened
Section 402 (2) of the Criminal Code Law, Cap C 16, Laws of Ekiti State, 2012.”
Abdulkareem had pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The convict
was said to have been arrested at the point of the crime with weapons and other
exhibits, which made it easy for the police to bring witnesses to testify
against him.
The prosecutor
called four witnesses to prove his case and tendered exhibits including the two
guns, five live cartridges, phones, as well as a confessional statement of the
convict.
The convict
was represented by Mr Adeyinka Opaleke, who called only the convict as his
witness during the trial.
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