Two ex-convicts to die by hanging for armed robbery
The ex-convicts entered into the apartment of one Derin Adebiyi and robbed him of his money and other valuables.
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An Abeokuta High Court, on Tuesday, sentenced two ex-convicts to death by hanging for conspiracy and armed robbery.
At their trial, Lekan Akinola, 40, and Dare Sowunmi, 27, had pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge of conspiracy and armed robbery levelled against them.
However, delivering her judgment, Ayokunle Rotimi-Balogun, the judge, said the court was convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that the ex-convicts were guilty as charged.
Mrs Rotimi-Balogun held that all evidence presented by the prosecution was admissible and the punishment for the offence of armed robbery was death.