Justice E.I One emmanuel ruekpe and peter Okoro were sentenced to death by hanging by oritsejafor of a delta state high court sitting in effurun.
Oritsejafor sentenced the two to death for two counts of conspiracy and armed robbery. Justice oritsejafor ruled that the prosecution had presented overwhelming evidence sufficient to bear the burden of proof in his decision.
During the trial, the prosecution counsel, mr ezeana ejiofor, told the court that the offence was committed on september 24, 2016.
The convicts took a motorcycle from one ode odera gabriel, a commercial motorbike rider, according to ejiofor, a deputy director of the state ministry of justice.
The convicts boarded the plaintiff’s motorcycle at otu-jeremi junction to owhawa town on september 24, 2016, according to the judge.