ASABA – It seems “Agbero” and “Okadamen” are not satified enough with their jobs and are busy robbing passengers and citizens in Asaba.
One of the criminals has been sentenced to death by hanging after been found guilty of robbing his victims of total sum of N5,520, two handsets while armed with cutlass when his gang broke into their apartments.
The 31-year-old convict, Emeka Nweke said to be the only son of the parent was sentenced to death by an Asaba high court on wednesday, which agreed that prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt.
Prosecution had told the court that the convicted armed robber with others now at large “robbed one Izuchukwu Okeke and other residents of various sums of cash totaling N5,520 while armed with dangerous weapons at Oduke within the Asaba judicial division on or about the 30th day of September 2012.”
Also, another high court in Asaba has sentenced a commercial motorcyclist otherwise known as okada rider, one Ndubuisi Obiora, 26 years to death by hanging for robbery.
He was found guilty of robbing passengers travelling on Benin-Asaba highway at gun point.
He was caught red handed at Oko junction area of the highway by the police anti robbery squad on the 18th July 2012.