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Court Sentences Three Bank Robbers to Death in Osun

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Three men, Nuhu Jimoh, David Ndubisi and Oluwaseun Aderibigbe, have been sentenced to death by hanging by an Osun State High Court sitting in Ikirun.

In his judgment on Thursday, Justice Jide Falola, found the men guilty of launching coordinated attacks on the First Bank, Union Bank and Skye Bank, situated on the same street in Ikirun in the Ifelodun Local Government Area of the state, and pronounced the death sentence on them.

Thirty-two lives, including two police personnel and two bank workers, were lost during the exchange of gunfire between the robbers and the police during the robbery that occurred on February 12, 2016.

The convicts were first arraigned on June 29, 2017, on 10 counts bordering on conspiracy, armed robbery, murder and illegal possession of firearms, among others, contrary to Section 6(b), 1(1) & (2)(a) of the Robbery and Firearms (Special Provisions) Act, Cap R11 L.F.N, 2004; Section 319 of the Criminal Code Law, Cap. 34, Laws of Osun State, 2002; and Section 3 of the Robbery and Firearms (Special Provisions) Act, Cap R11 L.F.N, 2004.

Responding to distress calls from the scenes of the robbery, policemen from the Iragbiji Police Division, Ikirun police patrol team and the Special Anti-Robbery Squad had dispersed the robbers after many hours of exchange of gunfire.

Seven members of the robbery gang were said to have been killed by the police, while others escaped with gunshot injuries.

Seven pieces of assorted ammunition, including AK-47 rifles, and N7,486,300 taken from the banks were recovered by the police.

Biodun Badiora, who led the prosecution team from the state Ministry of Justice, called five witnesses and tendered 30 exhibits in support of the case.

The first accused person, Jimoh, did not call any witness, but testified in his own defence, but Ndubisi and Aderibigbe called three witnesses each.

Counsel for the accused persons, Mr Sunday Atofarati and Mr Ajibade Omoyajowo, urged the court to be lenient with their clients.

Delivering his judgment, Justice Falola found the three men guilty and sentenced them to death by hanging.

He directed that the guns recovered from the convicts should be forfeited to the Nigeria Police and the money recovered from them be forfeited to the Osun State Government.

Meanwhile, a 30-year-old man, Ayanniyi Olaosebikan, was on Thursday arraigned before an Osun State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ile-Ife for pelting policemen with stones.

The defendant, who allegedly assaulted the policemen while they were performing their lawful duties, was remanded in the Ile-Ife Correctional Centre.

The police prosecutor, Sunday Osanyintuyi, said the defendant committed the offence on January 29, 2020, on Mokuro Road, Ile-Ife.

He said Olaosebikan assaulted the policemen, whose names were given as Adisa Mukaila and Fagbemi Kolawole, at their duty post by pelting them with stones.

He added that Olaosebikan also held on to the uniform of the policemen, adding that the offences contravened sections 365(3) and 508 of the Criminal Code, Cap 34, Vol. ll, Laws of Osun State of Nigeria, 2002.

Olaosebikan, who did not have legal representation, pleaded not guilty to the first count of assault and pleaded guilty to the second count of pelting the policemen with stones.

Magistrate Habibat Basiru remanded the defendant in the Ile-Ife Correctional Centre.

She adjourned the matter till February 11, 2020, for presentation of facts.

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Army Buries 17 Personnel Killed in Okuama Community

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The 17 military personnel killed in Okuama community in Delta on March 14 have been laid to rest.

The corpses of the soldiers, which arrived at the National Military Cemetery in Abuja at about 2:26 pm on Wednesday, were committed to mother death after burial rites were observed.

President Bola Tinubu, Service Chiefs and other dignitaries were in attendance at the burial ceremony.

DAILY POST recalls that the troops of 181 Amphibious Batallion, Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State, while on a peace mission to Okuoma Community were ambushed and killed by some irate youths.

The incident occurred when the troops responded to a distress call following a communal crisis between Okuoma and Okoloba communities in Delta State.

The personnel comprised one Lieutenant Colonel, two Majors, one Captain and 13 soldiers.

The officers are Commanding Officer 181 Amphibious Battalion, Lt. Col. A.H Ali; Maj S.D Shafa (N/13976); Maj D.E Obi (N/14395) and Capt U Zakari (N/16348).

The soldiers are SSgt Yahaya Saidu (#3NA/36/2974); Cpl Yahaya Danbaba (1ONA/65/7274); Cpl Kabiru Bashir (11NA/66/9853); LCpl Bulus Haruna (16NA/TS/5844); LCpl Sola Opeyemi (17NA/760719); and LCpl Bello Anas (17NA/76/290).

They also include LCpl Hamman Peter (NA/T82653); LCpl Ibrahim Abdullahi (18NA/77/1191); Pte Alhaji Isah (17NA/76/6079); Pte Clement Francis (19NA/78/0911); Pte Abubakar Ali (19NA/78/2162); Pte Ibrahim Adamu (19NA/78/6079) and Pte Adamu Ibrahim (21NA/80/4795).

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Thomas Yormah Emerges As New WAEC Chairman

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By Eric Elezuo

The West Africa Examinations Council (WAEC) has a new Chairman, he is Prof. Thomas Brima Rick Yormah, a former Deputy Vice Chancellor of the Fourah Bay College and former Pro ViceChancellor, University of Sierra Leone as the 21st Chairman of Council.

According to a statement signed by Demianus G. Ojijeogu, the Head, Public Affairs, WAEC Headquarters, Accra, Ghana, Yormah was elected during the just concluded 72nd Annual Council Meeting of the body, held in Freetown, Sierra Leone. He succeeds Prof. Ato Essuman from the Republic of Ghana.

The highpoint of the week-long Council meeting was the recognition and honoring of three Ghanaian candidates with the WAEC International Excellence Award for their outstanding performance in the WASSCE for School Candidates, 2023. They were Master Amo-Kodieh Leonard Kofi, (1st Prize), Master Dzandu Selorm, (2nd Prize), and Master Asenso-Gyambibi Daniel (3rd Prize). The three candidates were selected from 2,327,342 who sat the examination in The Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone.

In the same vein, the Augustus Bandele Oyediran Award for the Best Candidate in West Africa, 2023 also went to Master Amo-Kodieh Leonard Kofi. In addition, two candidates from the Republic of Sierra Leone were honoured with the National Distinction, while one candidate received the National Merit Award. They were Miss. Mammah E. A. Raymonda, (1st Prize), Master Bangura Joshua, (2nd Prize), and Master Fillie Sahr Edward (Merit Award).

While the 71st edition of the Council meeting was hosted by Gambia, the next edition, which will be the 73rd in the series, will be hosted by Liberia.

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Kidnapped Edo PDP Chairman Regains Freedom

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The kidnapped chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, Dr. Tony Aziegbemi, has been released.

Dr. Aziegbemi, who was set free by his abductors in the early hours of Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Report has it that he got to his Benin City residence at about 3am to the waiting arms of family and close friends.

“I am back home with my family. I am fine. I am just trying to rest and will talk to you later,” he was quoted as saying.

Dr. Aziegbemi, a former member of the House of Representatives, who represented Esan North-East/Esan South-East federal constituency of Edo State, was kidnapped on Friday, March 15, 2024 when his abductors who rode in two Toyota Corolla cars, trailed him after he left a meeting.

The gunmen overtook Aziegbemi’s sports utility vehicle (SUV) at a speed break as it slowed down along Osaro Street, off Country Home Road, close to his house at about 11pm on Friday night before seizing him.

It is not clear yet if a ransom was paid for his release as the abductors had reportedly demanded a sum of N50 million before setting him free.

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