Driver, carpenter to die by hanging for armed robbery in Ondo

An Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure has sentenced a carpenter, Lasisi Nureni, and a driver, Akintan Adebayo, to death by hanging for armed robbery. Justice William Olamide convicted the two men on a two-count charge of conspiracy to commit armed robbery and armed robbery, contrary to Sections 6(b) and 1(2)(a) and (b) of the Robbery and Firearms (Special Provisions) Act, Cap. R11, Vol. 14, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004. The court sentenced each of the convicts to seven years’ imprisonment for conspiracy to commit armed robbery and to death by hanging for armed robbery. With both defendants pleading not guilty to the charges, the prosecution’s case was based on the testimony...