repogirl:
the law obviously needs review and amendment....I am no lawyer but I know other factors are involved..... Possession of a weapon and robbery is no enough for the death sentence. Death sentence is too brutal.... Life imprisonment might be better suitable.

repogirl:
the law obviously needs review and amendment....I am no lawyer but I know other factors are involved..... Possession of a weapon and robbery is no enough for the death sentence. Death sentence is too brutal.... Life imprisonment might be better suitable.

DONSMITH123:
An Ado-Ekiti High Court, yesterday, sentenced one David Olugboyega to death by hanging for armed robbery involving N14,570.
Justice John Adeyeye passed the judgment following the confessional statement of the convict and the conclusion of trial by the prosecution.

“An accused may be convicted on his own confession alone as long as the court was satisfied. Based on the confessional statement of the accused, the court found him guilty as charged. Besides, the prosecution has also proved his case beyond reasonable doubt by providing seven witnesses.

“The accused is hereby sentenced to death by hanging. This will serve as deterrent to others in the society. May God have mercy on your soul,” he said.

During trial, the prosecutor, Mr Alaba Adeyemi, told the court that the convict committed the offence on March 20, 2003 at Araromi Street, Ikere -Ekiti.

He said the convict, armed with dangerous weapons including gun and cutlass, robbed three people of N14,570.

Specifically, Adeyemi said the convict robbed Kola Owolabi of N8,000; Beatrice Olawumi, N5,000 and Idowu Abiodun, N1,570.

The prosecution called seven witnesses to prove the case.

The convict, who made confessional statement at the police station, opted to defend himself without a lawyer.

He pleaded guilty to the charge and also confessed to have been involved in series of robberies. The convict confessed to have joined a gang when he was in a prison.

Cc: lalasticlala

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/12/man-to-die-by-hanging-over-n14570-robbery/

OnankpaBa:




its well...really pity the guy thou.

queenfav:
The accused brought the death penalty upon himself.Even when you were caught by the police with the gun in your hand,you don't say anything!The mumu had to give a confessioonal statement.That nailed him!A lawyer would have defended him better.First by moving to retract the confessional statement on grounds of duress by the police.The judge probably saw him as someone who didn't want to put up a fight to be free and went all in with the death sentence.He can appeal sha,he stands a good chance.Because he was obviously acting without the enlightenment of what a lawyer could have done to help his case.

LordMecuzy:
The law is made for only the poor

Freemanan:

His lawyer should appeal or meet JUSUN..... They will reduce it to let's say life imprisonment.

DONSMITH123:


my guy this is another injustice in Nigerian judiciary system. I don't understand this country called Nigeria and that might be the reason why some ethinc group wants to pull out from it. How on earth will a right thinking judge sentence a thief that stole that amount of money to death by hanging and sentence another person that stole 2.2 billion niara 74 days in prison with an option of paying 3 million naira fine.
A shameless country.

amtaken:
Allowing an armed robber to go scot free is very unsafe for the society.

Do you know how many lives he's wasted in his series of robberies?


Why are you being sympathetic towards him, is it because his name is not Okeke?


#smh

scumesi:
How can a man decide to defend himself in a capital offence and the judge will allow that, that's against the law. The said that in a capital offence trial,a man must be represented by a lawyer, it is a must, if he does not have a lawyer, the state will provide him with one. An accused person in a capital offence trial can not represent himself in the trial, its against the law, what kind of procedure is that!

amtaken:
You people are only worried about the little amount of money he stole forgetting that Armed Robbery attracts Capital Punishment under the Robbery and Fire Arms Law of the Federation, 2004.








He was armed, probably with a gun or any other deadly weapon therefore must be executed unless he's granted amnesty.

amtaken:
Would you have pitied him if he had killed your relative with his gun?


He is an armed robber, don't forget that. He's a security risk to the whole world.