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Court sentences man to death for killing policeman, terrorism

An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti has sentenced a 35 years old man, Abdulsalam Adinoyi, to death by hanging for offences ranging from killing of a policeman at a checkpoint in the state and terrorism to other sundry offences.

The charge sheet read in part, “Adinoyi, who hails from Okene, Kogi State, between December 22, 2016 and March 20, 2017 while armed with gun, attacked and robbed Sergeant Gana Jiya and other police officers at a checkpoint in Oye Ekiti, murdered Sergeant Jiya on the spot while other policemen on duty sustained serious degrees of gun wounds and he carted away two AK-47 assault rifles.”

The offences, according to the charge, “were contrary to Sections 1 and 3 of the Robbery and Firearms Act Cap C16, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004, Sections 316 of the Criminal Code Law, Cap C16, Laws of Ekiti State, 2012 and Sections 11 and 12 of the Ekiti State Kidnapping and Terrorism , 2015”.

 

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Wonder shall never end for this country call Nigeria say court sentencie man to death for killing police,Ha na wa o this one pass me o ,can any one help me out how many police don kill civillian or wey army don kill that was sentencie to Life in prisión?FG

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