An Ekiti State High Court in Ado Ekiti has sentenced an Army officer who was involved in armed robbery operation in Ekiti and his accomplice to death by hanging.
The court sentenced Olasoji Damilola (36) and Koiki Tunde Benson (32) to death by hanging for the offence of armed robbery while Ogbesetuyi Tunde (30) and the two defendants are sentenced to life imprisonment for the offence of conspiracy and attempted robbery.
In his judgment, Justice Lekan Ogunmoye said the prosecution has proved beyond reasonable doubt the elements of offences of conspiracy, attempted robbery and armed robbery against the defendants.
The three defendants are sentenced to life imprisonment for offences of conspiracy and attempted robbery.
According to the charge, the three defendants on 10/03/2016 conspired and attempted to rob a filling station along Ikere Road, Ado Ekiti, also on 15/5/2016, Olasoji Damilola, an Army Officer who was Court Marshalled and dismissed during the pendency of the case alongside Koiki Tunde Benson conspired and robbed one Oluwadare Adebayo at a Filling Station in Odo-Ado, Ado Ekiti and carted away a sum of 1,204,750, as at the time of the robbery, they were armed with gun and other offensive weapons.
