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SIDI DAUDA BAGE, J.S.C. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The Appellant was arraigned and prosecuted at the High Court of Justice of Ondo State sitting at Akure, in Akure judicial Division for the offence of Armed Robbery contrary to Section 1(2) (a) the Robbery and Firearms (Special Provisions) Act, Cap R11, Vol 14 Laws of the Federation, 2004. The offence was allegedly committed on the 2nd January, 2011.
FACTS OF THE CASE
On the 2nd January, 2011 at about 12.40am, the Appellant was said to have entered the house of Mrs. Oguntoyinbo (PW.2) at Orita Obele estate on a robbery operation and informed her that the house was surrounded by his gang. He thereafter demanded for her Jewelry and money and also threatened to open the door and the Appellant carted away her money and Jewelry, but just before he left the house, he saw the picture of her late husband on the wall and asked her where her late husband hailed from and his name. She then told him, he was from Oba Akoko and also told him h…