RHODES-VIVOUR JSC (Delivering the Lead Judgment): The respondents were charged and arraigned on two counts before an Abuja High Court which read: Count 1.
That you Mohammed Usman ‘M,’ alias Yaro Yaro, Umaru
Ibrahim ‘M,’alias Yellow Kukuru and MohammedAhidjo, alias Bokolo on or before 12 March 2005 at the Abattoir in Abuja within the Abuja Judicial Division conspired with others at large to commit armed robbery and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 5(b) and punishable under section 1(2)(b) of the Robbery and Firearms (Special Provisions) Act, Cap. 398, Laws of the Federation, 1990. Count 2.
That you Mohammed Usman ‘M,’ alias Yaro Yaro, Umaru Ibrahim ‘M,’alias Yellow Kukuru and MohammedAhidjo, alias Bokolo on 12 March 2005 between 7.00p.m. and 7.30p.m. mounted robbery operation along Mokwa/Ezhi Road in Niger State and killed one Sgt. Makama Yakubu, a police escort attached to Mr. Justice Mustapha Akanbi, Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) and thereby…