A
Zamfara High Court in Gusau on
Tuesday sentenced Babangida Bello,
28, to death by hanging for armed
robbery. Me. Bello, a resident of Gusau,
was found guilty for the offence which
contravened Section 1 (2) of the
Robbery and Firearms (Special
Provisions Act) 2004. The convict had
been standing trial since February
2010, when he was arrested and
accused of robbing Umar Usman of a
motorcycle valued at N93, 000. The
accused was said to have inflicted
grievous harm on Mr. Usman with a
cutlass during the robbery, which took
place in the Kwanar Mailaina
neighbourhood of Gusau. Prior to the
judgment, the counsel to the accused,
Musa Dawa, rested his case with a no-
case-submission. However, the
prosecution counsel, Abdullah Ma'aji,
presented five witnesses, a
confessional statement and the cutlass,
which the accused used in committing
the crime, to support his case. In the
judgment, Justice Kulu Aliyu said that
the court was convinced beyond
reasonable doubt that the accused had
committed the offence. She said that
the evidence presented by the
prosecution was tenable and, therefore,
sentenced the accused to death by
hanging. She, however, said that the
convict had 30 days to file an appeal
against the judgment.
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