Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo, of an Ikeja Special Offences Court, has sentenced Genesis Ezebong (a domestic worker), his brother Micheal, and one Ikade Moses to life imprisonment for armed robbery in the Palm Groove region of Lagos State.

The convicts were arraigned on December 18, 2020 whereas the trial commenced on January 11, 2022. The prosecution counsel, Omowumi Bajulaye, during the arraignment of the convicts, had told the court that they committed the offence of conspiracy and armed robbery on January 13, 2019, at No 222 Ikorodu Road, Palm Groove, Lagos.

She claimed that three men armed with a shovel, cutlass and other dangerous weapons robbed Daniel of one Compact Laptop, one Apple Laptop, gold, costumes, jewelleries, Blackberry phones, one digital camera, soccer shoes and two other phones belonging to one Titilope Akeredolu. The prosecution, during trial, called three witnesses and tendered documents such as defendants' statements which were admitted as exhibits.

Witnesses who testified before the court were Inspector Okunade Olumuyiwa and Titilope Akeredolu, as well as Investigative Police Officer and Inspector Olawale Oni.

Witnesses had told the court how Akeredolu’s domestic worker conspired with others, who were armed with dangerous weapons, broke into his boss's house with his gang after he had left to church, and locked the security man as well as other occupants in the toilet. Akeredolu said after she went to church on Sunday morning, she received a call from her security man who told her that the first convict, Genesis Ezebong, her domestic staff, broke into her apartment with a cutlass and stole her things.

She told the court that the gateman told her about the robbery incident, how they were locked in the bathroom, and how the convicts broke in to her room at 10.30am.

The judge ruled that the prosecution proved beyond a reasonable doubt, the circumstantial evidence against the defendants whils sentencing them.