PRETORIA - A 21-year-old Nigerian man has
been sentenced to death for armed robbery by a High Court sitting in
Ado-Ekiti.
The Guardian Nigeria reported on Monday that Isa Abdulkareem was to be hanged for robbing two
people of money and cellphones.
While handing down the sentence, it was
reported that Justice Oluwatoyin Abodu said, “I found the defendant
guilty and he is sentenced to death by hanging. May the Lord have mercy on his
soul”.
The publication said that the prosecutor, Gbemiga
Adaramola, told the court that Abdulkareem was armed with a gun and cutlass
when he robbed his victims. According to the report, he robbed one person of more than R 3100 and the
other one a little over R 4700.
“The robbery operation took place at Oke-Ureje, along
Igirigiri Road, Ado Ekiti. The defendant was arrested by the community members
during a combined vigilante exercise. On interrogation, he confessed to
committing the crime and took security agents to their hideout where they met
gang members and kept their weapons," the prosecutor was quoted saying.
“Exhibits recovered at the hideout include four dane
guns and toy guns, locally-made pistols, four Nokia phones, four techno phones,
masks, cutlasses, charms, an axe, victim’s wife headgear used to wrap the money,
expended cartridges, knives, pellets, cash sum of R 428.48 among others.”