Abuja bank robbery: Trial of teenager, 4 others fixed for March 13
An FCT High Court in Wuse Zone 2, has fixed March 13 for the commencement of the trial of a teenager and four others charged with the foiled armed robbery which took place in Mpape, Abuja on December 28, 2019. The judge, Justice Ajoke Adepoju, remanded the defendants following their arraignment on Friday on five […]
L-R: 19-yr-old suspect, Elijah David; Timothy Joe; Princewill Obinna and Larry Ehizo, a staff of the bank.
An FCT High Court in Wuse Zone 2, has fixed March 13 for the commencement of the trial of a teenager and four others charged with the foiled armed robbery which took place in Mpape, Abuja on December 28, 2019.
The judge, Justice Ajoke Adepoju, remanded the defendants following their arraignment on Friday on five counts of conspiracy, armed robbery, attempted armed robbery and unlawful possession of firearms.
The defendants: a staff of the bank, 30-year-old Ehizo Larry; Princewill Obinna, 24; Elijah David, 19; Timothy Joe, 21 and Earnest Ewim, 29, pleaded not guilty to all the counts.
The police alleged that on December 28, 2019, the five defendants at First Bank at Mpape, Abuja “conspired” amongst themselves to commit armed robbery, contrary to section 6(a),(b), and (c) of the Robbery and Firearm (Special Provisions) Act.
It alleged, among others that defendants carried out the bank robbery operation “armed with offensive weapons, such as locally-made pistols, cutlasses and axes” and “forcefully” collected phones from one Ann Awele, an employee of the bank, an offence said to be punishable under section 1(2)(a) of the same law.