An
Abeokuta High Court on Wednesday sentenced two brothers, John Kuku, 45, Fabu
Kuku, 33, to death by hanging for armed robbery.
The
accused persons who live at OPIC Estate at Agbara in Ogun State, were found
guilty of a two-count charge of conspiracy and armed robbery. In her judgment,
Justice Olatokunbo Majekodumi said the convicts were found guilty of the
offences.
“Having
found that the accused persons are guilty as charged on both counts, you shall
be hung by the neck until you are dead, may the Lord have mercy on you,”
Majekodunmi said.
The
judge said that the offences committed contravened Section 6(b) and was
punishable under Section1(2)( a) of the Robbery and Firearms (special
provisions) Act, Cap Rll Law of the Federation of Nigeria 2004.
The
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the convicts, who had been standing
trial since June 2012, had pleaded not guilty to the charges. The duo were
arrested and charged for robbing one Mr Kojo Debue of N300,000.
Majekodunmi
said the convicts and others at large committed the offence at about 12.00 am
at Asaidu village, Ajebo via Obafemi-Owode Area in Ogun.
Majekodunmi
said the two convicts who are from Cotonou, Republic of Benin, and others
robbed the complainant and his family in their house. She said the duo and one
other came into the house of Debue at midnight and asked them to open the door,
the complainant’s younger brother Sunday who was living with them opened the
door.
Majekodunmi
said one of them pointed a gun at the complainant while the others carried the
box inside which the complainant kept his money.
“During
the trial process, the second accused confessed that it was Sunday, the younger
brother to the complainant that accosted them.
”
He, then, told them his elder brother was a treasurer of a local contribution
group and has up to N1 million at home which they would go and rob.
“He
said after the robbery operation they all flee into the bush, when the
complainant shouted for help, the vigilante group in the village rushed inside
the bush and searched for them.
“During
the searching process in the bush, the vigilante group shot one of the robbers,
Kasim Olajide on his leg, which later led to his death.
“They
also arrested the other two robbers and handed them over to the police at Ajebo
while Sunday was nowhere to be found.
“All
effort made to arrest Sunday, the mastermind of the alleged robbery proved
abortive,” she said.
The
prosecution counsel, Mr O. K. Adeniyi said that all the proof tendered
convinced the court beyond reasonable doubt that the convicts committed the
offences.
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