19 November 2012 :

a 27 year-old man, Oloche Omale was sentenced to death by hanging, for criminal conspiracy and armed robbery by a Makurdi High court in Benue State, Nigeria. Omale was found guilty of conspiring with Analegh Donko, now deceased, to rob two women, Iveren Mbatamen and Hembadoon Dzege of their possessions at gun point in 2007. Delivering his judgment, Justice Aondover Kaka’an, held that even though the convict claimed that it was the deceased that was an armed robber, he still conveyed him to his destination. Kaka’an regarded the convict’s claim of innocence as fake, adding that Omale was an accomplice in the crime. In their testimony, the victims said they were waiting for a taxi when the convict and his accomplice came on a motorcycle and dispossessed them of N81,190, two phones and handbags. They said in separate testimonies before the court that they raised alarm and the robbers immediately took off while, Nguemo Atii, assisted them in his car to apprehend them The convict, who had pleaded not guilty to the charges, did not call any witness. He however testified that he was only a motorcyclist conveying Donko but did not know that his passenger was a robber.