Court sentences three to die by hanging for armed robbery in Ekiti

The defendants, Bidemi Babalola, 28, Oluwaseun Akinwale, 26, Sola Oyebanji, a.k.a. Solademmy, 31, Azeez Jimoh, a.k.a. Asela, 31, and Babatunde Ogunlade, 28, were arraigned before Justice Lekan Ogunmoye. The five men, whose addresses were not provided, were…

Delivering his judgement, the trial judge said that “in all, the sole issue for determination is resolved in part in favour of the prosecution, and I accordingly order as follows: The prosecution counsel said that convicts conspired to commit armed robbery and, on the fateful date, robbed Tijani Omowumi and Ogunrinde Olumide of their phones, plasma television, wrist watches, necklaces, shirts, trousers, shuttle bags, and a cash sum of N5,000, among others.

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