An Osun State High Court inwards Osogbo has sentenced a 40-year-old man, Kayode Adedeji, to cash inwards one's chips past times hanging for robbing a adult woman of N3,420 (about $10.9).
The judgement was handed downwards to Mr. Adedeji on Midweek although the criminal offense was committed on Apr 25, 2009.
The prosecuting counsel from the set down ministry building of justice, Elisabeth Alabi, had told the courtroom that Mr. Adedeji robbed i Omowumi Adebayo at Bolorunduro expanse inwards Ilesa of the coin armed alongside a knife at midnight.
The prosecution too claimed that the robber too had other unsafe weapons during his laid upwards on on Mrs. Adebayo’s residence.
Mr. Adedeji was said to convey fled the scene of the robbery but was trailed together with arrested past times some members of the Oodua Peoples Congress inwards the area.
He pleaded non guilty to the i count accuse of armed robbery when he was arraigned close 8 years agone together with was granted bail.
According to Mrs. Alabi, the convcict abused the bail privilege past times committing some other offence which led to his remand inwards Ilesa prison.
She ruled that the offence ran foul of the constabulary together with punishable nether Section 11(2)(A) CAPR II, Laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 2004.
The presiding judge, Kudirat Akano, institute Mr. Adedeji guilty of the criminal offense together with convicted him.
The defense counsel, Tunde Adedokun, prayed the courtroom to live on lenient together with merciful inwards her judgment, but she ordered that Mr. Adedeji live on set to cash inwards one's chips past times hanging.
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