Pastor, Five Others To Die By Hanging For Robbery

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A pastor, Adewale Adelu, and five others have been sentenced to death by hanging by an Ondo State High Court in Akure.

They were found guilty of involvement in bank robberies in Akure and Idanre in 2011.

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Others convicted were: Ikechuckwu Maduagwu, Fayemi Olubusuyi, Ropo Adeleye, Dele Otopka, and Bayo Omotosho.

Justice Yemi Fasanmi found them guilty of robbing two commercial banks in Akure and Idanre on November 19 and December 8, 2011.

The prosecuting counsel, F.K Salami, said the convicts were arrested by the Ondo State Police Command and were arraigned on four-count charge bordering on conspiracy, armed robbery, and illegal possession of firearms and were remanded in Olokuta Correctional Centre.

The prosecution counsel said the convicts and others still at large, “armed with AK 47 guns, dynamite, and other weapons at Oyemekun Road, Akure, conspired to attack and robbed a branch of Diamond Bank Plc, after which they went away with a sum of N30 million and different brand of phones, including other valuable property.”

Salami said, “The convicts on December 8, 2011, at 2 pm, were also alleged to have robbed First Bank Plc at Yaba Road, Idanre, where they carted away another sum of N4 million.”

The offences were said to have contravened Sections 6b, 1 2a, and b of the Robbery and Firearms (Special Provisions) Act, Cap R11, Vol. 14 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004.

The presiding judge, Justice Fasanmi, who said the prosecution had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt, held that the convicts were unanimous in their confessions and the role each of them played in the robberies and duly sentenced all the defendants to death by hanging in each of the counts.

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