An Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Ikot Ekpene has sentenced a tricycle ticket seller, Iboro Sunday Akpan, to death by hanging for armed robbery.
Akpan was also sentenced to life imprisonment for attempted murder.
Delivering judgment in Charge No. HT/25C/2025, Justice Augustine D. Odokwo held that the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt and convicted the defendant on all the three counts.
The court subsequently sentenced Akpan to 14 years imprisonment for conspiracy, life imprisonment for attempted murder and death by hanging for armed robbery, with the custodial sentences subsumed by the capital punishment.
Akpan, a native of Ikot Idaha in Ikono Local Government Area, was prosecuted by the Akwa Ibom State Ministry of Justice over an armed robbery attack that occurred in the early hours of July 23, 2025, at Annex B Estate, Ikot Otor in Ikot Ekpene.
During the trial, the prosecution’s principal witness, Barr. Camillus Ben, testified that he was awakened at about 1:23 am by a loud bang at the estate gate and confronted an unmasked intruder whom he identified as Akpan, a ticket seller he had known for years on Umuahia Road in Ikot Ekpene.
According to the witness, he recognized the convict from a distance of about four feet before fleeing the scene.
He later sustained gunshot injuries to his ribs and hand when armed robbers opened fire as police officers responded to a distress call.
The prosecution also presented evidence from a police officer attached to the Divisional Crack Team, who testified
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