High court sittings in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State yesterday sentence a 21-year-old man, identify Isa Abdulkareem, to death by hanging for armed robbery.
Abdulkareem was sentence for robbing two passerby the sum of N18400 and two phones in 2016.
Justice Oluwatoyin Abodunde, while handing down the sentence, said:
“I found the defendant guilty and he is sentenced to death by hanging. May the Lord have mercy on his soul”.
Mr. Gbemiga Adaramola, the persecutor said that the defendant committed the offence of armed robbery which is against Sec.(402)(2) of the Criminal Code Cap C16, Laws of Ekiti State Nigeria.
“During the robbery, the defendant was armed with offensive weapons such as gun and cutlass on December 19 and 23, 2016 respectively when he robbed one Adeya Olalekan of a sum of N74,000, Infinix Note 2 phone among others. He also robbed one Olomola Taiwo of a sum of N110,000 and 2 Techno Y6 phones.
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