An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti Division, has sentenced a 37-year-old man, Kazeem Ayeni, to death by hanging for the offence of armed robbery.
Armed with a pistol, Ayeni had, on October 2, 2024, robbed five students of Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science and Technology, Ikere Ekiti, of their phones.
Justice Lekan Olatawura, in his judgement on Monday, found Ayeni guilty and consequently sentenced him to death by hanging.
Olatawura said, “I am unable to exercise any discretion in favour of a defendant who showed no remorse throughout his trial. The punishment for armed robbery is one of strict application.
“Consequent thereupon on the foregoing, I find the defendant guilty of all the charges. Accordingly, the sentence of this court upon you is that you be hanged by the neck until you are dead. May God have mercy on your soul,” the judge pronounced.
