Court Sentences Man To Death By Hanging For Armed Robbery

Justice Josephine Oyefeso of the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja
today convicted and sentenced one Mutiu Oyedeji to death by hanging
for robbing a trader, Ikenna Egocima at Ejigbo at a gun point.

Justice Oyefeso handed down the verdict after she found Oyedeji
guilty of a two-count charge of conspiracy and attempted robbery
brought against him by the Lagos State Department of Public
Prosecution.

The state had arraigned the convict on February 17, 2016 before
the court and he pleaded not guilty to the two count charge.

During the cause of trial, the prosecutor, Mrs. Shitta Bey told
the court that the convict and two others, at large on September
2015, robbed one Ikenna Egocima at Ejigbo area at a gun point.

In an allocutus, the defense counsel, Nkenna Okolie urged the
court to temper mercy.

However, Justice Oyefeso held that the court cannot grant the
request of the defence because the decision is beyond the power of
the court as the Administration of Criminal Justice Act has
provided measures of punishment for the crime of armed robbery.

“The accused person is hereby sentenced to death by hanging, may
God have mercy on your soul,” the judge held.

Justice Josephine Oyefeso of the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja
today convicted and sentenced one Mutiu Oyedeji to death by hanging
for robbing a trader, Ikenna Egocima at Ejigbo at a gun
point.

Justice Oyefeso handed down the verdict after she found Oyedeji
guilty of a two-count charge of conspiracy and attempted robbery
brought against him by the Lagos State Department of Public
Prosecution.

The state had arraigned the convict on February 17, 2016 before
the court and he pleaded not guilty to the two count charge.

During the cause of trial, the prosecutor, Mrs. Shitta Bey told
the court that the convict and two others, at large on September
2015, robbed one Ikenna Egocima at Ejigbo area at a gun point.

In an allocutus, the defense counsel, Nkenna Okolie urged the
court to temper mercy.

However, Justice Oyefeso held that the court cannot grant the
request of the defence because the decision is beyond the power of
the court as the Administration of Criminal Justice Act has
provided measures of punishment for the crime of armed robbery.

“The accused person is hereby sentenced to death by hanging, may
God have mercy on your soul,” the judge held.