A Benue Court has sentenced 2 brothers to death for robbing victims of cell phones & money to the tune of N39,040

The Benue Chief Judge, Justice Iorhemen
Hwande, on Wednesday in Makurdi sentenced
two brothers, Ibrahim Yau and Abubakar Yau to
death by hanging for armed robbery.
The two brothers were arraigned for criminal
conspiracy and armed robbery.
They were said to have conspired to rob one Simon
Tartyough and Isaiah Kena of valuable property.
The property, stolen at gun point, were said to have
included cell phones and money to the tune of
N39,040 on Makurdi-Guma Road, sometime in March,
2010.
The offences are in contravention of Sections 6(b)
and 1(2) and (b) of the Robbery and Firearms Act.
The convicts, however, denied the allegation,
testifying for themselves and calling only one
witness during the trial.
In his judgement, Hwande said that from the
evidence before the court, the prosecution had
proved its case beyond all reasonable doubt that the
convicts actually committed the offences.
The judge also said that their victims identified
them.
After listening to the pleas for mercy on behalf of the
convicts by their counsel, Mr R.B. Ayula, the Chief
Judge said that though the convicts had no evidence
of previous conviction, his hands were tied.
"The provisions of the law is that a convict of armed
robbery has no option than a death sentence under
the section 1(2) and (b) of the Robbery Act," he
explained.
Hwande said that it was only the legislature that
could amend the present law and reduce the
sentence to jail terms.

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