21 year Old Man Sentenced To Death By Hanging For Stealing Motorcyles In Ekiti

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A 21 year old man is to be hanged to death for stealing the motorcycles of two men and a poicemen at gunpoint in Ekiti.

Babatunde Abdulateef, has been sentenced to death by hanging for stealing the motorcycles of 3 other men, incvluding a police officer. in a court session precisded upob by Justice Dele Omotoso, the suspect was sentenced to death by hanging after being found guilty on a two count charge of armed robbery.hanging 3
Accordingly, on or about June 16, 2016 along NTA Road, Ado-Ekiti, Babatunde robbed one Sgt. Kayode Babatimilehin of his Bajaj motorcycle with registration number GED 550 QA. He also robbed Mr Sheidu Ganiyu of his Bajaj motorcycle with registration number ADK 193 QH, in similar circumstance the same day.The convict, was armed with offensive weapons including a gun throughout the operation.
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Babatunde had allegedly stopped Babatimilehin and asked for his ticket but the policeman told the convict that he was not a commercial motorcycle operator. The policeman said he was robbed at gun point and dispossessed of his bike.hanging 2
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