Two Sentenced To Death By Hanging For Robbing Monarch

Two men, Sola Famuyiwa and Adeniyi Owolabi were sentenced to death by hanging by an Ado-Ekiti high court on Tuesday.
The men in Ekiti will be hanged for robbing a traditional ruler in Ekiti, Oore of Otun-Ekiti, Joshua Popoola off some items including a beaded crown, 15 bundles of assorted clothes and one Mercedes Benz 280 saloon car.
This is coming barely one day after Edo State convicted four men by hanging despite pressure from civil society groups and the international community.
Tuesday's sentencing also comes despite mounting calls for the abolition of capital punishment in Nigeria and other countries still applying it.
Other items stolen during the robbery operation included one international passport with two years valid U.S. visa, N350,000 and $16,000.
The convicts committed the offence on April 3, 2002 at the palace of the traditional ruler in Ekiti State.
The state counsel handling armed robbers' case, Oluyemi Akintayo, said the offence contravened Section 1(2) of the Robbery and Firearms Special Provision cap 398 vol.XX11, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 1990.She also said the accused committed the crime while armed with offensive weapons such as guns and dynamites.
Justice Monisola Abodunde, in her judgement, said the accused were guilty as charged based on the evidence before the court.
She sentenced the accused persons to death by hanging.