The convicts were sentenced in accordance with Section 1(2) A of the Robbery and Firearms Special Provision Act Cap 211 laws of the Federation of Nigeria.
The three convicts: Segun Oduanayo, Kazeem Akintunde and Ahmed Salami were arrested on December 21, 2006, while robbing a family at Saka Iroko Town in Sango, Ogun State.
The three convicts in the case of the State versus Oduanayo and two others were sentenced to death by hanging by the High Court two sitting in Ota, presided over by Justice A. O Asenuga.
The convicts, who robbed the family on December 21, 2006, were armed with guns, machetes, and knives among others.
They had dispossessed the family of N697, 000 and their mobile phones before two of them were caught within the vicinity of the crime scene.
It was gathered that while Akintunde and Salami were arrested within the area, their confessional statement led to the arrest of Odunayo.
The convicts’ lawyer was Mr. David Ojo, while Mr. Olumuyiwa Ogunsanwo, stood in for the state.
In his judgment, Justice A. O Asenuga, said the court carefully weighed the charges against the convicts before arriving at the judgment.
“After weighing the evidence adduced by the prosecutions vis-à-vis the confessional statement of the accused, the court has come to the conclusion that the accused persons committed the crime and so they should die by hanging,” he said.
After the judgment, one of them broke down in tears as they were being led out of the court premises by the prisons‘ officials.
Also in a case of alleged rape involving Jones Attah slated for judgment, Asenuga said the judgment could not be read because the suspect was released by the Chief Judge during a prison visitation a day before the judgment.
But Ogunsanwo urged the court to give the judgment in the absence of the accused despite his release.
Attah was charged for allegedly raping a 12-year-old girl (name withheld) and has been standing trial since 2005.
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