A motor loader, otherwise known as
“Agbero” has been sentenced to death by hanging having been found guilty of
robbing his victims of total sum of N5, 520, two handsets while armed with
cutlass when his gang broke into their apartments.
The 31-year-old convict, Emeka Nweke
said to be the only son of the parent was Wednesday sentenced to death by an
Asaba high court, which agreed that prosecution proved its case beyond
reasonable doubt.
Prosecution had told the court that
the convicted armed robber with others now at large “robbed one Izuchukwu Okeke
and other residents of various sums of cash totaling N5,520 while armed with
dangerous weapons at Oduke within the Asaba judicial division on or about the
30th day of September 2012.
Also, another high court in Asaba
has sentenced a commercial motorcyclist otherwise known as okada rider, one
Ndubuisi Obiora, 26 years to death by hanging for robbery.
The convicted armed robber wept
profusely in the open court and threw himself on the ground rolling immediately
the judge handed down the death sentence, thus creating a scene.
He was found guilty of robbing
passengers travelling on Benin-Asaba highway at gun point. He was caught red
handed at Oko junction area of the highway by the police anti robbery squad on
18th July, 2012.
Source: www.theamebo.com
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