An Ondo State Top Court docket sitting in Akure has sentenced a wood worker, Lasisi Nureni, and a driving force, Akintan Adebayo, to loss of life by means of placing for armed theft.
Justice William Olamide convicted the 2 males on a two-count price of conspiracy to dedicate armed theft and armed theft, opposite to Sections 6(b) and 1(2)(a) and (b) of the Theft and Firearms (Particular Provisions) Act, Cap. R11, Vol. 14, Regulations of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.
The courtroom sentenced each and every of the convicts to seven years’ imprisonment for conspiracy to dedicate armed theft and to loss of life by means of placing for armed theft.
With each defendants pleading now not to blame to the costs, the prosecution’s case was once in keeping with the testimony of a fellow driving force, Omojolowo Boluwaji, and on police investigation that tracked probably the most stolen cellphones to Osun State.
Boluwaji stated the assailants demanded the keys to his newly received car, including that once he refused to give up them, they overpowered him, beat his spouse, and stole his car, 5 cellphones, a pc, jewelry, N900,000 belonging to his spouse, and some other N490,000.
Inspector Omotadowa Sunday, a police officer, advised the courtroom that the police tracked probably the most stolen telephones to Imesi, Osun State, the place Nureni was once arrested.
Nureni, who denied involvement within the theft, advised the courtroom that he was once a wood worker and had by no means dedicated armed theft, including that he didn’t know Adebayo prior to his arrest.
He claimed he was once arrested after a war of words along with his mom, denied any reference to Osun State, and stated he was once from Ado-Ekiti.
Adebayo, who additionally denied conspiring with any person to dedicate armed theft and insisted that he didn’t know Nureni prior to their arrest, maintained that his title was once Adeoye Adebayo and claimed that he have been in detention since 2018, denying any involvement within the theft.
In his judgment, Justice Olamide held that the prosecution had proved past affordable doubt that each defendants knowingly participated in a plan to dedicate armed theft.
The pass judgement on as a result sentenced them to seven years’ imprisonment each and every for conspiracy to dedicate armed theft and to loss of life by means of placing for armed theft.