Robbery: Policemen sentenced to 25 years in jail

Five policemen were on Thursday sentenced to 25 years imprisonment for partaking in armed robbery.
The sentence, handed down by a Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja on Thursday, also affected one of the accused simply said to be an accomplice.
Those convicted were Bestman Dennar (52), Musa Mohammed (45), Peter Enidiok (53), Godwin Williams (44) and Emmanuel Ajogbor (48).
They were convicted on a one count charge of conspiracy to commit robbery.
Justice Joseph Oyewole, who handed down the sentence, which will run from March 3, 2005 when the accused were arrested, said: “I hold that sufficient facts exist beyond reasonable doubt upon which the court could infer conspiracy in the present circumstances and hold all the defendants guilty accordingly.
“I therefore find each of the defendants guilty of conspiracy as charged in Count 1.
“In conclusion, I hold in respect of Count 1 that the prosecution has proved beyond reasonable doubt that the defendants are guilty of the offence of conspiracy to commit robbery contrary to Section 403 (A) of the Criminal Code.
“I hereby convict each of them accordingly.
“I further hold that the prosecution has proved beyond reasonable doubt that the defendants are guilty of the offence of robbery simpliciter contrary to Section 402 (1) of the Criminal Code and I hereby convict them accordingly.”
Dennar, Mohammed, Enidiok, Williams and Ajogor were accused of having conspired to commit robbery on November 17, 2002 along Ikorodu and Ijebu-Ode Expressway, Ikorodu, Lagos.
They were accused of robbing a lorry loaded with george and lace materials.