Lukeman Kuti was arraigned on a two-count charge of conspiracy and armed robbery
An Abeokuta High Court in Ogun on Tuesday sentenced one Lukeman Kuti to death by hanging for armed robbery.
But delivering judgment, Justice Ayokunle Rotimi-Balogun said that the evidence tendered had convinced the court beyond reasonable doubt that the convict committed the offences.Earlier at the trial, the prosecution counsel, Olalade Shittu, had told the court that the convict committed the offences on December 10, 2012, at 12 a.m. at Makun, in Sagamu area of Ogun.
She further stated that the convict gained entrance into the complainant’s apartment when she went to switch off her generator. “The convict thereafter, carted away the complainant’s BlackBerry handset, HP laptop and N53,000,” the prosecutor said.
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