The Supreme Court on Friday affirmed death sentence passed on Daniel Kekong for armed robbery.<\/p>\n
Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun delivering the lead judgment held that the apex court was not disposed to setting aside the concurrent decisions of the trial and appellate courts.<\/p>\n
She said the applicant\u2019s appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Calabar delivered on Oct.28, 2014, was without merit.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe appeal fails, and the decision of the lower court is hereby affirmed,\u2019\u2019 she said.<\/p>\n
Kekong had challenged the decision of the Court of Appeal, Calabar made on Oct.28, 2014.<\/p>\n
The appellate court had upheld the judgment delivered by Justice Ashu Ewah of the Cross River High Court, Obudu on Jan.8, 2014.<\/p>\n
The appellant was in the judgment convicted of the offence of armed robbery and sentenced to death.<\/p>\n
The convict at about 8: p.m. on Jan.19, 2013 attacked Mrs Perpetual Ubua on her way back home on a motorcycle.<\/p>\n
The summary of the facts contained in the appellant\u2019s brief of argument said that the victim was allegedly robbed of recharge cards valued at N128, 000.<\/p>\n
Evidence advanced by prosecution witnesses also said Ubua was robbed of the sum of N285, 000 and two phones by three armed men on a motorcycle.<\/p>\n
The appellant, however, denied knowledge of the incident, adding that he was simply arrested because he gave 30 pieces of (N100) denominations of GLO re-charge cards which he found on the ground to Promise Bassey.<\/p>\n
Bassey, who was jointly tried with Kekong regained freedom due to insufficient evidence to convict him. <\/p>\n
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