A Katsina State High Court sitting in Malumfashi on Friday
sentenced one Aminu Ibrahim of Rogo Local Government in Kano State to
death by hanging, for armed robbery.
The News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN) reports that the convict, on hearing the verdict,
immediately attempted to commit suicide in the court’s cell room using
an iron bar.
He was, however, overpowered by prison warders who
struggled with him for minutes before pinning him down and dragging him
into a waiting vehicle.
Ibrahim was convicted and sentenced by
Justice Abbas Bawale for armed robbery, an offence contrary to section
1, (2) CAP. R.11 of Robbery and Firearms Act, Laws of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria.
The charge was filed on October 13, 2011,
while the offence was committed in September 2011 on Kafur-Malumfashi
road, where victims were robbed of their valuables.
In his Judgment, Bawale held that the prosecution had succeeded in proving its case beyond reasonable
doubt.
He
said the court was satisfied with the testimonies of the five
witnesses, including some of the robbery victims and the investigating
police officers, presented by the prosecution counsel, Mr. Aminu Garba.
Garba
had also tendered five exhibits including a locally made gun, used
fillets and a stick, all used during the commission of the crime and
which were admitted by the court.
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