A 500 level student of Moddibo Adama University, Yola, and five others are to die by hanging after they were convicted for conspiracy and armed robbery by a Yola High Court presided over by Honourable Justice Abdul-Azeez Waziri.
Convicted by the judge on Wednesday are Munbe Bala of the Department of Mathematics and Education, Afu Stephen, a former staff of Nigeria Communication Satellite, Abuja, Peter Eli, Hassan Yusuf, Bobi Mabudi and Emmanuel Kenneth.
The convicts faced five counts bordering on conspiracy and armed robbery as 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th defendants.
They contested the charges and went to full trial, with the prosecution calling eight witnesses and tendering six documents which were admitted in evidence.
The convicts were caught following the crime committed on 29th and 31st August, 2015 respectively in Boshikiri town, Guyuk Local Government Area. They connived to mount a road road block on a bridge along Lafiya-Savannah Sugar Company in Lamurde Local Government Area to waylay road users.
