The Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State on Wednesday sentenced, a self-confessed member of the Boko Haram, terrorist Abdulsalam Adinoyi to death by hanging, having been arraigned on a five-count charge bordering on armed robbery, murder, terrorism, and unlawful possession of firearms.
Penpushing reports that, the trial judge, Justice Lekan Ogunmoye in his judgment said the prosecution had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt against the defendant, thus, implying his culpability in all the charges against him.
The charge against the convict who hails from Okene in Kogi State, said between December 22, 2016, and March 20, 2017, while armed with a gun, attacked and robbed Gana Jiya, a police sergeant, and other police officers at a checkpoint in Oye Ekiti.
Penpushing further reports that, the convict, accused of carting away two AK-47 assault rifles and launching a terrorist attack on the people of Ekiti State and its environs killed the police sergeant on the spot while the other police officers on duty sustained gun wounds.
The convict during the trial confessed to being a member of Boko Haram and in possession of an AK-47, and offences said to be contrary to sections 1 (2) (a) and 3(1) of the Robbery and Firearms (Special Provisions) Act Cap C16, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004, as well as Sections 316 of the Criminal Code Law, Cap C16, Laws of Ekiti State, 2012 and Sections 11 and 12 of the Ekiti State Kidnapping and Terrorism (Prohibition Law), 2015.
”The sole issues for determination are accordingly resolved in favour of the prosecution. The defendant is hereby found guilty as charged, he is accordingly sentenced to death by hanging in counts 1, 2, and 3. May Almighty God have mercy on his soul’, the judge declared
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