has sentenced a 32-year-old commercial bus
driver, Efe Taire, to death by hanging,
having found him guilty of a four-count
charge of conspiracy, armed robbery,
kidnapping and demanding N30 million
ransom.
Similarly, a trader and bricklayer were
also sentenced to death by the Asaba and
Effurun high courts, respectively.
The commercial bus driver along with three others
still at large robbed one Tommy Etejire of his RAV
4 SUV on January 21, 2011 at Upper Erejuwa, Warri
and attempted to sell the car to a popularly car
dealer at Agbor before he was arrested at a Police
checkpoint around Ugorhu junction in Okpe.
Prosecution told the court that the convict and his
gang members also held the owner of the car
hostage and demanded a ransom of N30 million but
later reduced it to N1.2 million, which was paid by
his family before their victim finally regained his
freedom.
Presiding judge, Justice M. Mukoro in sentencing
him to death said the prosecution succeeded in
proving its case beyond reasonable doubt.
Also, an Effurun High Court, yesterday, sentenced
one Michael Taiye, a bricklayer to death having
found him guilty of a three-count charge of
conspiracy to commit armed robbery, armed
robbery and illegal possession of firearms.
He was arrested by policemen from Ekpan police
station after sustaining gunshot injuries during a
gun duel between his gang and police patrol team
on January 11, 2006 while returning from a robbery
operation.
In passing the sentence, the trial judge, Justice G.E.
Gbemre said the prosecution left no one in doubt as
the essential ingredients of armed robbery against
the accused was proved beyond reasonable doubt
Similarly, one Moses Chukwuemeka, a 25-year-old
trader from Ebonyi State was sentenced to death by
an Asaba high court.
He has been on trial on a one-count charge of
robbery committed behind the Ivories Golf and
Country Club, Asaba in 2009 where he robbed an
Okada man of his motorcycle while armed with a
cutlass.
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