Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo on Monday convicted and sentenced two middle year old man, Suleiman Sanni and Taiwo Ibrahim to three years imprisonment for belonging to an unlawful association and stealing.
Justice Taiwo handed down the verdict after she found them guilty of a three counts of the eight count charge brought against them by the Lagos State government.
The state had charged the convicts alongside the two other defendants on eight count charges bordering on armed robbery, unlawful possession of fire arms and stealing.
The offences contravenes sections 297, 295 and 328 of Criminal Law of Lagos State 2011.
In her judgement, the judge held, “The defendants was charged for armed robbery, conspiracy and unlawful possession of fire arms. The exhibits, cutlass, knives, AK 47 riffles, live ammunition, Army Uniform recovered from the scene of crime was not tender in court.
“I have carefully considered the case before the court, the prosecution failed to prove the…
