Delta court sentences two to death for armed robbery

A High Court in Kwale, Delta State, has sentenced one Mr Bright Ossai and Mr Izagwu Obodo to death by hanging for armed robbery.

Justice F. O Enenmo sentenced the first defendant, Ossai, in a case marked Hck/5oc/2022, for robbing one Hycent Abandy of his Denstar motorcycle while armed with a gun at Owessi Street Kwale.

Ossai was caught on the spot when his victim raised the alarm. The court was told that the police rushed to the scene to rescue the victim and recovered the gun from the robber. The police also recovered another motorcycle he had earlier robbed while armed, which he sold to one Mr Ebele Pius at Ossisa.

Two witnesses testified against the defendant, who did not call any witnesses.

Justice Enenmo, after that, sentenced Ossai to death by hanging while Pius bagged 10 years imprisonment with hard labour.

The judge also, in case number Hck/13c/2021, sentenced Obodo, who, on August 21, 2021, murdered one Nonso Dibia at Umu by shooting him with a gun.

The prosecution, led by C. O. Onoberhie-Oberuomo, called three witnesses and tendered various exhibits, while the defendant testified without calling any witnesses.

Justice F. O Enenmo, in his judgement, found the defendant guilty and sentenced him to death by hanging.