A High Court of Izzi Judicial Division sitting in Iboko Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State has sentenced a middle aged man, John Nwaloke to death by hanging for armed robbery.
Nwaloke was accused in a suit marked HIB/12c/2023 of robbing one Igboke Emeka of a Kymstone motorcycle valued at N300, 000 and an Infinix phone valued at N85,000 at gunpoint on June 6, 2023 at Mkpumaakpatakpa Agbaja in Izzi LGA.
The charge read, “That you John Nwaloke on the 6th day of June 2023 at Mkpumaakpatakpa Agbaja Izzi judicial division did arm yourself with gun and rob one Igboke Emeka of one Kymstone motorcycle valued N300,000.00 and one Infinix note 11 phone valued N85,000.00 and thereby committed offence of armed robbery contrary to section 1 (2)(a) of the Robbery and Firearms Special provisions Act Cap R11 volume 1, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004 as applicable in Ebonyi State.”
Having found Nwaloke guilty as charged, the court presided over by Justice Ruth Okeh sentenced him to death by hanging.
Okeh declared, “I hereby certify that at the High Court in Izzi judicial division holding at Iboko before Justice Ruth Okeh, Obumneme John Nwaloke was convicted for armed robbery contrary to section 1(2) (a) of the Robbery and Firearms ( Special provisions) Act Cap R11 volume 14 laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004 as applicable in Ebonyi State.
“The sentence of this court upon you, Obumneme John Nwaloke is that you be hanged by the neck until you die. May the Lord have mercy on your soul.”
