An Ekiti State High Court, sitting in Ado Ekiti, has sentenced Alex Peter, 27, to life imprisonment for the offence of conspiracy and armed robbery.

The convict was arraigned before Justice Adekunle Adeleye on 29th December 2022 on two count charges of conspiracy and armed robbery.

The defendant and others at large, on May 16, 2022 at Ado Ekiti, conspired to rob Augustine Steven by stealing his Red Bajaj Motorcycle with Registration number AMK 569 UJ and cash sum of N15,000.

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At the time of the robbery, he was armed with a cutlass and axe, contrary to Section 314 and 312 of the Criminal Law of Ekiti State, 2021.

To prove his case, the prosecutor, O.S. Akinwumi, called four witnesses and tendered the defendant’s statements, motorcycle particulars among others as exhibits while the defendant spoke in his own defence through his lawyer Stanley Okonkwo, and he called no witness.

Delivering his judgement, Justice Adekunle Adeleye, said, “in consideration of the evidence of the prosecution and exhibit tendered, I found that the prosecution has established beyond reasonable doubt, that there was in fact a robbery on 16/05/22 when the defendant and one other person, now at large, robbed the victim of his Bajaj Motorcycle.

“It is in evidence that the defendant himself confessed that he was one of the armed robbers.

“I find the defendant guilty as charged, on the whole, the defendant is hereby sentenced to nine years imprisonment for conspiracy and life imprisonment for the offence of armed robbery,” the judge pronounced.