Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye of the Lagos State high court sitting in Ikeja yesterday convicted and sentenced a bricklayer, Femi Adebowale, to death by hanging for conspiracy and armed robbery.
Justice Ipaye handed down the verdict after he found the convict guilty of a four- count charge brought against him by the Lagos State government in accordance with section 295(2) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State.
According to the judge, the mimimum penalty provided by the law was death sentence for each of the four counts over which the convict was charged.
“In accordance with the provision of the law, you are hereby sentenced to death by hanging by the neck. May the Lord have mercy on you,” she said.
During the trial, the prosecutor, Akin George, had accused Adebowale of robbing one Alhaja Amudalat Olowo-Eyo of gold jewelries valued at over N500,000.00; cash of N350,000.00 and other valuable documents at gun point.
George had told the court that the convict, with others at large, robbed their victims on December 28, 2012, between 1.00 a.m. and 2.00 am at their residence, 10, Aiyetolu street, Abule Egba, Lagos.
The convict, when arraigned last year, had pleaded not guilty to the four – count charge.
The complainant, Alhaja Olowo-Eyo, had told the court how the convict and his gang robbed her at her residence.According to her, she and her family were ordered by the robbers to gather in the parlour with a threat that their lives would be wasted if they refused to cooperate.
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