The Nation Newspaper Three to die by hanging for armed robbery in Ekiti
At the beginning, five defendants, Bidemi Babalola, 28, Oluwaseun Akinwale 26, Sola Oyebanji , 31, Azeez Jimoh , 31, and Babatunde Ogunlade, 28, were arraigned before Justice Lekan Ogunmoye.
Delivering his judgment, the trial judge said said: “In all, the sole issue for determination is resolved in part in favour of the prosecution, I accordingly order as follows: Oyewole called five witnesses and tendered the defendants’ statements to the police, phones, wraps of Indian hemp, a motorcycle with its ignition key among others as exhibits.
According to the counsel, as at the time of the robbery, they were armed with a big stick, club, stone, cutlasses and a gun.
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