Posted on: 09:40 Sat, 23 Apr 2016



An High Court in Makurdi, Benue
State has sentenced a a bus driver,
Tanko Inalegwu, who robbed
passengers of N68,000, to death by
hanging.

In his ruling, Justice Hwande held
that the prosecution proved before
the court that the convict conspired
with others, now at large to rob
their victims of various sums of
money totalling N68,000, on
October 10, 2013.

He said that the convict and his
gang had pretended to be
passengers in the commercial
vehicles in which they dispossessed
the unsuspecting victims of cash at
the old Customs House, North Bank,
Makurdi – after which they pushed
out the three victims from the
moving vehicle.

The Judge stated that contrary to
the victim’s claim, evidence
tendered before the court showed
clearly that the convict was a key
player in the robbery.

Report said the convict had
confessed to the police that he
committed the offence, but later
made a U-turn, claiming that he
made the confessional statement
after being tortured by the Police.

Justice Hwande said that the
confessional statement provided
enough ground for the verdict of
the court and his conviction.