A cleric, Adewale Adelu, and five others have been sentenced to death by hanging over their role in armed robberies in Ondo state.
The Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure said the convicts, Adelu, including Ikechuckwu Maduagwu, Fayemi Olubusuyi, Ropo Adeleye, Dele Otopka, and Bayo Omotosho were found guilty of attacking and robbing two commercial banks in Akure, the state capital and Idanre 13 years ago.
The robbery incidents occurred at the defunct Diamond Bank now Access Bank located in Akure and the First Bank in Idanre, the headquarters of the Idanre Local Council.
Justice Yemi Fasanmi presided over the case and delivered the judgment on the convicts.
While stating that the defendants were unanimous in their confessions and the role each of them played in the operations, Justice Fasanmi consequently sentenced all the defendants to death by hanging in each of the counts.
The culprits were arraigned on July 14, 2022, on four counts of conspiracy, armed robbery, and illegal possession of firearms and subsequently remanded in the Olokuta Correctional Centre.
During the trial, prosecution counsel presented evidence that the convicts, armed with AK-47 rifles and dynamite, carried out the robberies that shook the communities of Akure and Idanre.
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