A Kwara State High Court, sitting in Ilorin, on Tuesday, sentenced two convicted armed robbers to death by hanging.
The presiding judge, Justice Aminat Ishiaq, in his judgement, sentenced the convicts; Adeyemi Aderinkomi and and Timothy Ajayi after finding them guilty of conspiracy, culpable homicide and armed robbery.
The judgement stated that the duo killed Mr and Mrs Micheal Aigbe of Fate area, Ilorin in December, 2016 by tiring their hands with ropes, dump them inside well alive and knocked it up to avoid being rescued.
The judgement revealed that the condemned persons made away with the victims car, money, colthes and many other valuable items after killing them.
The prosecutor, Barrister Ishola Olofere, while speaking with Sobi FM’s judiciary Correspondent, Kayode Adeoti, expressed satisfaction over the judgement saying it will serve as deterrent to curtain criminality in the state.
