Chidozie Onyinchiz, a 32-year-old vulcaniser from Lagos has been sentenced to death by the Ikeja Special Offences Court led by Justice Mojisola Dada on Tuesday.

The vulcaniser will be hanged for robbing a nurse of 57,000, as well as engaging in other forms of armed robbery.

According to Punch Newspaper, all efforts from the convict to escape the charges proved futile.

Dada said the convict’s attempt to wriggle out of the charges was not above reasonable doubt.

Veronica Uwayzoe, the nurse whose money was stolen, confirmed to the Police that the convict knew that she saw him while the crime was ongoing, adding that he did not cover his face in the process of engaging in the crime.

The Full Verdict of the Judge

Justice Mojisola said, “The defendant had stated that the complainant pointed at him as one of the boys armed with a pair of scissors and forcefully snatched her bag containing N57,000 at Akesan Bus Stop.

“The complainant had stated that neither the defendant nor his accomplice, Ediri Endurance, (still at large) wore masks which made it possible for her to easily recognise Onyinchiz few hours after the robbery.

“The first statement of the defendant which he made at Igando Police Station confirmed that he and Ediri went to Akesan Bus Stop on the day of the robbery.

“He also stated that they ended up sleeping in an uncompleted building because Endurance’s father did not open the door for them to spend the night in his house.

“The statement corroborated the submission of the victim that she was accosted at about 4.30 a.m. by two boys holding an iron rod and a pair of scissors on the day of the incident.

“She said the two boys were the ones who robbed her.

“The totality of the evidence before the court is compelling and I find the defendant guilty of the charges preferred against him.

“He is hereby sentenced to death by hanging and may God have mercy on his soul.”

What’s Next for the Convict?

IkejaBird gathered that the convict will now spend time in prison waiting for the judgment to be acted upon or appeal to turn his fate.

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