A 40-year-old man has been sentenced to
death by hanging by a High Court sitting in Osogbo, the Osun State
capital on Wednesday.
An Osun State High Court in Osogbo has
sentenced a 40-year-old man, Kayode Adedeji, to death by hanging for
robbing a woman of N3,420.
The sentence was handed down to Mr. Adedeji on Wednesday although the crime was committed on April 25, 2009.
The prosecuting counsel from the state
ministry of justice, Elisabeth Alabi, had told the court that Mr.
Adedeji robbed one Omowumi Adebayo at Bolorunduro area in Ilesa of the
money armed with a knife at midnight.
The prosecution also claimed that the robber also had other dangerous weapons during his attack on Mrs. Adebayo’s residence.
Mr. Adedeji was said to have fled the
scene of the robbery but was trailed and arrested by some members of the
Oodua Peoples Congress in the area.
He pleaded not guilty to the one count charge of armed robbery when he was arraigned about eight years ago and was granted bail.
According to Mrs. Alabi, the convcict
abused the bail privilege by committing another offence which led to his
remand in Ilesa prison.
She ruled that the offence ran foul of
the law and punishable under Section 11(2)(A) CAPR II, Laws of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria, 2004.
The presiding judge, Kudirat Akano, found Mr. Adedeji guilty of the crime and convicted him.
The defence counsel, Tunde Adedokun,
prayed the court to be lenient and merciful in her judgment, but she
ordered that Mr. Adedeji be put to death by hanging.
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