An Ekiti state’s High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti, on Monday, sentenced a 21-year boy Isa Abdulkareem, to death by hanging for armed robbery.
The convict, according to the prosecutor, committed the offence in contravention of the Section 402 subsection 2 of the Criminal Code Cap C16, Laws of Ekiti State Nigeria.
The robbery operation took place at Oke-Ureje, along Igirigiri Road, Ado Ekiti.
The convict was arrested by the community members during a combined vigilante patrol exercise and handed over to the police for investigation and prosecution.
The defendant had during the robbery armed with offensive weapons such as gun and cutlass on 19th and 23rd December 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.
Delivering her judgement, Justice Oluwatoyin Abodunde said the case of robbery against the defendant was proved beyond a reasonable doubt.
