Minna court sentences five to death by hanging for armed robbery

A Minna High Court has convicted and sentenced 5 persons to decease by hanging for equipped robbery.

The judgement was delivered by Justice Mohammed Adishetu Mohammed of High Court No. 4, who held that the prosecution had successfully proved its lawsuit beyond tenable uncertainty against the defendants.

The convicts, identified arsenic Mikisal Ibrahim, Abubakar Ibrahim, Anthony Ibrahim, Aliyu Mohammed, and Murtala Junaidu, each residents of Minna, were arraigned connected a three-count complaint bordering connected transgression conspiracy, equipped robbery, and causing grievous hurt.

They were prosecuted by the Attorney General of Niger State done Mohammed Aliyu Kutigi, Esq., nether sections 1(1) and 2(a) of the Robbery and Firearms (Special Provisions) Act, Cap R11, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, Section 247 of the Penal Code Law, and Cap 94 Laws of Niger State.

According to the prosecution, the convicts, connected July 9, 2023, astatine astir 2:15 a.m., stormed the residence of Alhaji Abdulkareem Abdullahi, proprietor of Talakawa Pharmacy building, successful the Tunga country of Minna.

Armed with unsafe weapons, including machetes, cutlasses, and cudgels, they allegedly robbed him of currency amounting to N250,000 and different valuables.

The prosecution further told the tribunal that the robbery cognition lasted for much than 3 hours, during which the attackers held members of the victim’s household hostage.

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