2 Beninoise brothers sentenced to death for stealing N300,000 in Ogun
Two Beninoise brothers were sentenced to death by an Abeokuta High Court on Wednesday, NAN reports.
The convicts, John Kuku, 45, and Fabu Kuku, 33, were found guilty of a two-count charge on conspiracy and armed robbery.
Juhn and Fabu, who had been standing trial since June 2012, reportedly robbed their victim, Mr. Kojo Debue, and his family in their house at Asaidu village, Ajebo via Obafemi-Owode Area in Ogun.
They, along with others who are at large, entered their victim’s house at midnight and asked for the door to be opened.
Mr. Debue’s younger brother Sunday who was living with him reportedly opened the door for the bandits.
They reportedly robbed their victims of N300,000.
“During the trial process, the second accused confessed that it was Sunday, the younger brother to the complainant that accosted them,” the prosecution counsel, Mr O. K. Adeniyi, said.
“He, then, told them his elder brother was a treasurer of a local contribution group and has up to N1m at home which they would go and rob.
“He said after the robbery operation they all flee into the bush, when the complainant shouted for help, the vigilante group in the village rushed inside the bush and searched for them.
“During the searching process in the bush, the vigilante group shot one of the robbers, Kasim Olajide on his leg, which later led to his death.
“They also arrested the other two robbers and handed them over to the police at Ajebo while Sunday was nowhere to be found.
“All effort made to arrest Sunday, the mastermind of the alleged robbery proved abortive.”
Both pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The judge, Justice Olatokunbo Majekodumi, however ruled that “having found that the accused persons are guilty as charged on both counts, you shall be hung by the neck until you are dead, may the Lord have mercy on you.”
