A Makurdi High Court presided over by Justice Iorhemen Hwande has
sentenced a bus driver, Tanko Inalegwu, to death by hanging for robbing
his passengers of the sum of N68,000 at gun point.
According to Vanguard, Justice Hwande, in his ruling held that the
prosecution proved before the court that the convict had on October
10th., 2013 conspired with others, now at large to rob their victims of
various sums of money totalling N68,000.
He stated that the convict and his gang had conspired and pretended to
be passengers in the commercial vehicles only to rob the unsuspecting
victims at the old Customs House, North Bank, Makurdi after which they
pushed out the three victims from the moving vehicle. He maintained that
the evidence tendered before the court showed clearly that the convict
was a key player in the robbery contrary to his claim before the court.
Justice Hwande said the the confessional statement of the convict which
was made to the Police provided enough ground for the verdict of the
court and his conviction.
He held that the court was not convinced by the denial of the convict
that he gave the confessional statement after being tortured by the
police. He stated that the witnesses called by the prosecutor convinced
the court of the culpability of the convict who actually conspired with
others to rob their innocent victims.
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