From Paul Osuyi, Asaba
Two bus drivers, Okechukwu Mba and Christian Joseph and a motor boy, Ekwe Nwomah have been sentenced to death by hanging by a Delta State High Court sitting at Ogwashi-Uku in Aniocha South Local Government of the state.
The court presided over by Justice A.O. Akpovi convicted the three accused persons for conspiracy in count one and armed robbery in count four and subsequently sentenced them to death by hanging.
Prosecution, Martins Omakor, a Deputy Director in the Delta State Ministry of Justice had told the court that 31 years old Ekwe Nwomah, 30 years old Okechukwu Mba and 28 years old Christian Joseph on the 13th of July, 2007 at Ogwashi-uku within the Oghwashi-Uku Judicial Division committed series of armed robbery operations at Kwale junction, Ogwashi-Uku by invading the houses of persons and robbing them of monies and valuables while armed with guns.
On how one of the accused person was arrested at the scene of crime, Prosecution further told the court that nemesis caught up with them when they ordered the occupants of one the houses they visited to open the door but unknown to the robbers, the occupant was a Police Inspector who opened gun fire at the robbers when they tried to force their way into his apartment.
The pellets hit the 1st accused person, Ekwe Nwomah on the chest region and fell to the ground while the other robbers fled and abandoned him thinking he was death.
The first accused person was arrested the next day by residence through the trail of blood stains to where he managed to creep inside the bush and was handed over to the Ogwashi-Uku Police Station where he gave information to the police on how to arrest the two fleeing members who were eventually apprehended and charged to court after the conclusion of police investigations.