COURT SENTENCE 30 YEAR OLD MAN TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR ARMED ROBBERY

The State Counsel who is the Solicitor General and Permanent Secretary in the Oyo State Ministry of Justice told the court that the accused on the same date, time and place was armed with one locally made gun and robbed one Mr. Waheed Azeez  the sum of N385,000.0, one Nokia XL mobile phone valued at N39,000.00.

Penpushing further reports that, the convict on  July 8, 2016 at about 1100pm at Adeyem Prints, opposite Old National bank building Owode, Oyo, also robbed one  Yemisi Afolabi  of her three phones and bag containing her personal belongings.

The state counsel told the court that the offence is contrary and punishable under section 6(b) of Robbery and Firearms (special Provision) Act, Cap. R.11, vol.14 the laws of the Federation, section 1(2) (a) and (b) laws, section1 (2) (a) And (b) of the Armed robbery and Fireams (special Provision) Act,Cap R.11,Vol.14 laws of Federal Republic of Nigeria, 2004.

Penpushing also reports that, the counsel said the duty of the court was attainment of justice, adding that from the totality of the offence level against the accused person, the punishment is death by hanging and the court has no discretion to reduce the punishment to serve as a deterrent to others”.

The Counsel to the convict,  Olarewaju Okeyinka  argued that his client only attempted to robbed and that he did not commit the robber, and  prayed the court to temper justice with mercy.

The trial judge, Justice Kabiru Olawoyin  in his judgement said that the available evidence from the prosecution had proved beyond reasonable doubt, adding that, “from the totality of the evidence brought by the prosecutor, the court has firmly believed that the prosecutor has proved beyond reasonable doubt that the accused person indeed committed the offence’.

Penpushing also reports that, the judge noted that through the evidence of the prosecution witness as well as extrajudicial statement which is known as confessional statement that the accused had also confessed to the crime in view of this evidence which the defence has not been challenge and contravened by the defence that all the defence put up falls by the defence could avail him that they are all after thought in the face of credible evidence lead by the prosecution.

Meanwhile, Justice Olawoyin sentenced the accused to death by hanging in respect of court 1, 2, and 3, and ordered that the convict be executed by hanging on the neck as “the Governor of Oyo State may decide’.