Justice Okon Okon of the Akwa Ibom State High Court has sentenced two members of a three-man robbery gang to death by hanging.
The robbery gangs include a 35-year-old barber from Nung Obong in Nsit Ubium Local Government Area, Donald John Obot, and a 36-year-old ex-convict from Ibiaku Uruan in Uruan Local Government Area, Blessing Christopher Utah.
They confessed that they had robbed a man of N500,000, another of N200,000, and a woman at IBB Avenue, Uyo, the state capital, of her N131,000.
Justice Okon, while delivering the judgment, found Donald John Obot and Blessing Christopher Utah guilty of conspiracy and armed robbery.
The Court noted that it is bizarre and unfortunate that armed robbers abused public transport system and converted their tricycles to perpetrate crime, leaving their innocent victims with harrowing experiences and tales of woes.
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Justice Okon revealed that the convicts confessed that their meeting point was Federal Secretariat, Uyo, before they proceeded to monitor banks and ATM points in Uyo metropolis, looking for customers withdrawing money.
The leader of the gang and rider of the tricycle used in the robbery operations is said to have escaped and his whereabouts are unknown.
The Court noted that their days are numbered while advising them to use their lucky escape to mend their ways and lifestyle.
Justice Okon ordered that the two defendants should die by hanging for armed robbery, while each of them is to serve seven years imprisonment for conspiracy.
