Three Sentenced To Death In Ekiti For Armed Robbery

An Ado-Ekiti High Court, Ekiti State, on
Friday, sentenced three men to death
by hanging for armed robbery and
discharged and acquitted one of the
accused.
The convicts were; Tunde Abe, Monday
Eze and Nonso Vincent, while the
discharged and acquitted accused was
Hygimes Obunisire.
The judge, Justice Mosun Abodunde, said
the prosecution had credible, cogent and
convincing evidences before the court
based on the oral confession of the
accused persons.
Bodunde said that the prosecution
witness sufficiently identified the
accused persons as those who robbed
her, but said that Obunisire was not
among them.
She claimed that the prosecution had
not been able to prove the offence of
armed robbery and conspiracy against
Obunisire.
The judge said that the findings of the
court was not only based on the
confessional statements made by three
convicts, but also looked outside the
confessional statements.
Bodunde said the convicts confessed
that Obunisire did not follow them to rob
and was not a member of the gang.
She, thereafter, found three convicts
guilty as charged, holding that they
should be hanged till life was out of
them.
"May God have mercy on your soul,"
Bodunde held.
The state counsel, Mr Ade Adeyemi, said
the accused committed the offence on
May 21, 2003 at Kajola Street, Ado-Ekiti.
Adeyemi said the convicts, armed with
weapons such as guns and cutlasses,
robbed one Chuks Ugbede the sum of
N84,000 and items like clothing and
shoes valued at N6,000.
He added that they also robbed one
Okereke Okafor of No. 21, Ajibade
Street, Ado-Ekiti, the sum of N41,000
and Jumoke Adeita the sum of N35,000.