Court sentences six to death
Six people are to die by hanging, according to the ruling by Justice Yemi Fasanmi of the Ondo State High Court, delivered on Tuesday.
The convicts including a pastor, Adewale Adelu, had carried out bank robberies in Akure and Idanre axis of the state in 2011. The others are
Ikechuckwu Maduagwu, Fayemi Olubusuyi, Ropo Adeleye, Dele Otopka, and Bayo Omotosho.
Prosecution counsel F.K Salami told the court that the convicts, “armed with AK 47 guns, dynamite, and other weapons at Oyemekun Road, Akure, conspired to attack and robbed a branch of Diamond Bank Plc.”
He said the convicts made away with a sum of N30million, mobile phones and other valuables.
He said, “The convicts on December 8, 2011, at 2 pm, were also alleged to have robbed First Bank Plc at Yaba Road, Idanre, where they carted away another sum of N4million.”
Salami said that the convicts “offences contravene Sections 6b, 1 2a, and b of the Robbery and Firearms (Special Provisions) Act, Cap R11, Vol. 14 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004.”
In her ruling, Justice Fasanmi said that Salami had proved his case against the defendants beyond reasonable doubt.
She thereafter “sentenced all the defendants to death by hanging in each of the counts.”
