ARMED ROBBERY : Two Brothers Burst into Tears in Court on Conviction of the crime to Life Imprisonment
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Ikeja Special Offences Court has sentenced a domestic worker, Genesis Ezebong and his brother Michael and one Ikade Moses , to life imprisonment for armed robbery at the Palmgroove area of Lagos State.
The convicts were arraigned on December 18,2020 while the trial commenced on January 11,20022.
The prosecution counsel , Omowumi Bajulaye, during the arraignment of the convicts , had told the court that they committed the offence of conspiracy and armed robbery on January 13, 2019, at No 222 Ikorodu Road, Palm Groove, Lagos.
According to Bajulaye, the trio , while armed with cutlass, shovel and other dangerous weapons, robbed one Daniel of 1 compact Laptop, 1 Apple Laptop, Gold, and Costumes, Jewellery, Blackberry Phones,, one Digital Camera, Soccer Shoes and two other phones belonging to one Titilope Akeredolu.
The prosecutor , during trial , called three witnesses and tendered documents such as defendants’ statements which were admitted as exhibits.
The witnesses who had testified before the court included Inspector Okunade Olumiyiwa, Titilope Akeredolu and Investigative Police Officer and Inspector Olawale Oni.
The witnesses had narrated to the court how Akeredolu ‘s domestic staff conspired with others , who were armed with dangerous weapons , broke into his boss’s house with his gang after he had left for church ,locked the security man as well as other occupants in the toilet.
Akeredolu said , after she went to church on Sunday morning, she received a call from her security man who told her that the first convict, Genesis Ezebong, her domestic staff, broke into her apartment with a cutlass and stole her belongings.
She told the court that the gateman narrated the robbery incident to her, how they were locked in the toilet , and how the convicts broke into her room around 10.30am
The presiding Judge held that the prosecution has proved the case beyond a reasonable doubt , the circumstantial evidence against the defendants while sentencing them.