JOHN INYANG OKORO, J.S.C. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This appeal is against the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Kaduna Judicial Division delivered on 5th June, 2015. The Court in the said judgment, affirmed the judgment of the trial Court which convicted the Appellant and his co-accused of the offence of armed robbery and sentenced them to death, while dismissing his appeal.
The Appellant and his co-accused were charged at the trial Court on a two count charge as follows:-
THE CHARGE
COUNT ONE
THAT You (1) Ibrahim Abdullahi of Danjaka village and (2) Abdulsalam Suleiman of Dinkawa village, both in Charanchi Local Government Area of Katsina State, while in company of others now at large, on or about the 31st day of May, 2009, at Tukanawa Quarters in Charanchi Local Government, had formed a common intention to commit culpable homicide punishable with death, in furtherance of which you caused the death of one Alhaji Ibrahim Abubakar of the same address by doing an act to wit: a…