IDOWU AMUSA V. THE STATE

UWANI MUSA ABBA AJI, J.S.C. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The prosecution presented the facts that the Appellant with his co-accused and others at large robbed the couple, PW1 and PW2 (Dr. Olukayode Adelaja and wife, Maria Adelaja) on 18/11/2007 at their residence at Awolowo Road, Odogbolu, when they were watching 7:00 news. They robbed them of their cash, gun, jewelries, cooked, ate and drank to stupor and even vomited there and took their bath in PW2's room. The robbery took place between 7:30pm on 18th to around 4:30am on 19/ 11/2007. The Appellant with his gang went also to rob PW 3 at gunpoint at the early hours of 19/1/2007. They jumped over his fence, shot dead his dog and robbed him of money and his Nissan Laurel car registered AP 362 JBD. They were subsequently arrested with PW3's car when the fuel finished, his gun and other valuables. PW3, who had always known the Appellant before the incident recognized him at the police station and also recognized his co-accused by t…