MICHAEL AKINOLA
It was double jeopardy for two convicted armed robbers, Kazeem Olafisoye and Owolabi Usman, who have been sentenced to death by hanging and at the same time jailed for life over N40,000 armed robbery and attempted murder.
P.M.EXPRESS reports that it is either the convicts are hanged or they will spend the rest of their lives in the Correctional Centre for the offence, which they committed and were found guilty before the Court.
That was the judgment of the Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti, where Olafisoye and Usman were found guilty for conspiracy, armed robbery, and attempted murder.
The Presiding Judge, Justice Adekunle Adeleye, found the convicts guilty as charged on a three-count charge and sentenced them accordingly in line with the Criminal law of Ekiti State.
According to the charges, the convicts and others now at large robbed one Odo Charity and her household of the sum of ₦40,000 at gun point and attempted to murder Ugwe Ebuka by cutting him with a machete at Ekute, Ado Ekiti.
However, during the operation, the first convict was overpowered by good Samaritans in the neighbourhood, which led to the arrest of the second convict whilst the other gang members escaped and were said to be at large.
The prosecution team led by the Director of Public Prosecutions, Julius Ajibare, called four witnesses who testified against the convicts and tendered five exhibits to prove the case beyond reasonable doubt.
The two convicts were duly represented by the defence Counsels Barrister L.A. Fasanmi for the first convict while the second convict was represented by Adeyinka Opake.
They were taken into the prison custody, where they are expected to be hanged or spend the rest of their lives as they were sentenced accordingly to serve as deterrent to those who may want to commit such crimes in future.