ORE-OFE ADESINA (AKA ALHAJI) & ANOR V. THE STATE

OLUFUNLOLA OYELOLA ADEKEYE, J.S.C. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This appeal is against the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Ibadan Division delivered on Monday the 19th of April, 2010. The decision affirmed the conviction and sentence of the appellants by the High Court of Ogun State, Ijebu-Ode Judicial Division on the two counts charge of conspiracy to commit robbery and armed robbery delivered on the 6th of July, 2004. The facts of the case are briefly; that on the 28th of February, 2008, a gang of armed robbers forcefully broke into the Gateway Bank, Ijebu-Ode Branch, Ogun State. Those who entered into the Banking Hall shot freely into the air leaving people running helter-skelter. The appellants before this court remained in a vehicle parked at the premises of the Bank. The others gained access into the bank's strong room from where they carted away the sum of Fourteen Million Naira in different denominations. A report of the incident was made to the police. At about 11.15 p…