For being involved in armed robbery, a domestic staff, Genesis Ezebong (24), and two others, Micheal Ezebong (28) and Ikade Moses (29) have been sentenced to life imprisonment.
The convicted armed robbers were given life imprisonment by Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of an Ikeja Special Offences Court after they were found guilty of the offence of conspiracy and armed robbery, made against them by the Lagos State government.
In handing down her judgment, Justice Taiwo declared that the prosecution proved, beyond a reasonable doubt, the circumstantial evidence against the defendants.
The convicted armed robbers were accused by the state government of conspiracy to commit robbery and armed robbery, contrary to Section 297 (2) (a) of the Criminal Law, Ch. C17, Vol. 3, Laws of Lagos State, 2015.
The offence is also said to be contrary to Section 299 of the Criminal Law, Ch. C17, Vol.3, Laws of Lagos State, 2015.
In the process of the trial, the prosecution, led by Mrs Omowumi Bajulaye told the judge that the defendants committed the offence of conspiracy and armed robbery on January 13, 2019, at No. 222, Ikorodu Road, Palm Groove, Lagos.
Bajulaye further told Justice Taiwo that the defendants, while armed with cutlass, shovel, and other dangerous weapons, robbed one Daniel of one Compact Laptop, one Apple Laptop, gold and costumes, pieces of jewellery, Blackberry phones, one digital camera, Soccer shoes and two other phones belonging to one Akeredolu Titilope.
It would be recalled that the defendants were brought before the court on December 18, 2020, while the trial commenced on January 11, 2022.
However, the convicted armed robbers pleaded not guilty to the charge made against them by the state government.
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