By DAYO JOHNSON
AKURE—SEVEN years after, three persons; Dele Akinbolade, Olorunfunnibi Akintomide and Opeyemi Olaiya were yesterday sentenced to death for robbery by an Ondo High Court.

The convicts were sentenced to death by Justice Williams Akintoroye for robbing one Yahaya Suberu in 2005 while armed by with guns and cutlasses.

The convicted persons, Dele Akinbolade, Olorunfunnibi Akintomide and Opeyemi Olaiya were sentenced to death by Justice Williams Akintoroye for robbing one Yahaya Suberu in 2005 when armed with guns and cutlasses.

Justice Akintoroye found the trio guilty of robbery committed at 42, Odoyege Street, Ile-Oluji, on January 6, 2005, contrary to Section 1 (2) (b) of the robbery and firearms (Special Provision) laws of the federation.

According to the prosecutor, Mr Ife Olorunfemi of Ministry of Justice, the accused persons robbed the victims armed with guns and cutlasses contrary to the provisions of the law of the federation.

The Prosecution counsel called five witnesses including the victim and policemen who arrested the convicts and investigated the crime.

Suberu, while giving the graphic details of how the convicts stormed his residence on the day around 2.am, said they broke the door and came upstairs to meet him and threatened to shoot him if he raised any alarm.

According to him, they made away with N150, 000, two handsets worth N72, 000 and jewelry worth N11,000.