Man sentenced to death for armed robbery

An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti has sentenced a man, Aanu Adu, to death by hanging for armed robbery.
Justice Segun Ogunyemi in his judgment on Monday held that the prosecution has proved the case beyond reasonable doubt based on evidence before the court.

The judge also sentenced Adu to two years each on two counts of malicious damage of property in the offence committed in Ilawe-Ekiti, headquarters of Ekiti Southwest Local Government Area on October 28, 2015.
Adu was charged with criminal armed robbery contrary to Section 402(2) of the Criminal Code Cap C16 Vol 1 Laws of Ekiti State 2012.
He was also found guilty of malicious damage of property contrary to Section 451 of the same laws.

The convict was alleged to have robbed one Adeleye Funmilayo of N650,000 belonging to one Ogunniyi Titilayo and maliciously damaged a digital camera belonging to one Adeyemi Idowu.

Titilayo testified before the court that Adu brought out a gun and threatened to kill her when she went to his house to press for the
release of the N650,000 cash the convict and one unnamed chief forcefully collected from Funmilayo.
The Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), Gbemiga Adaramola appeared for the state while the Adu was represented in court by his counsel,
Bunmi Olugbade.

Titilayo told the court that the case was reported at Ilawe Police Station while she took photographs of her banana destroyed by Adu.
Eight witnesses were called in the course of the trial while exhibits like cutlass, cable wire, brown bag containing the cash, money wrapper, used MTN cards, search warrant, carcass of the damaged camera tendered.