A High court of Justice sitting at Isiokolo, Delta State has sentenced Etanuwoma Ogheneoro, a 25- year old commercial motorcycle, otherwise known as 'okada' rider, to death for robbing a fellow okada rider.
Prosecution had told the court that the convicted armed robber, in connivance with others at large on the 30th of January 2010 at Kokori within the Isiokolo judicial division robbed a fellow okada man, Felix Itirikpe of an undisclosed amount and other valuables, thereby "thereby committed an offence punishable under section 6 (b) and 1 (2) (a) of the Robbery and Firearms (Special Provisions) Act Cap R11 Volume 14 laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 2004".
Prosecution led by Mrs. C.E. Eronmwon, deputy Director Ministry of Justice called two witnesses to prove its case while the convict called no witness but testified for himself.
According to prosecution, "the convict abandoned his own okada and boarded another while pretending to a passenger but half way into the journey at a lonely path he signaled to his gang members who came out from hideout and they disposed their victim of the said motorcycle".
He was however arrested with the aid of the local vigilante and later handed over to the police and was equally identified in court by the said victim during trial.
The trial judge, Justice A.O. Omamogho in delivering judgment Tuesday stated that "prosecution has proved beyond reasonable doubt ingredients of the offence against the accused.
"I disbelieved the evidence of the accused while I hold that prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt ingredients of the offence of conspiracy against the accused the convict with two others now at large robbed their victim of a SkyGo motorcycle while armed".
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To death,dats bad ,wer people steal billions and their still living large
ReplyDeleteShey na lyk dis e easy 2 sentence robbers 2 death? All top govt official 4 don die, may b even u d so call Judge.
ReplyDeleteGod lead us through in this country,for snatching okada nd u sentenced dat person to death now what of those that are stealing billions of nigeria money what are u going to do to those ones.and mind ur mr judge belief God is watching
ReplyDeletenigeria judiciary, shame on u. So ur trap can not capture an elephant except a rat, ooh it true he who pays the biper dictate the tune
ReplyDeleteDelta state in the past few weeks has sentenced more than 3 death penalties ranging from N2,500 to okada..the judiciary system in Nigeria has been rubbished to the mud.wat happened to some years in prisonment with hard labour or dat style na old school abi.9ja I hail oh
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