{"id":5854,"date":"2013-07-02T10:24:54","date_gmt":"2013-07-02T10:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/sentenced-robbers-attempt-escape-from-delta-high-court\/"},"modified":"2013-07-02T10:24:54","modified_gmt":"2013-07-02T10:24:54","slug":"sentenced-robbers-attempt-escape-from-delta-high-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/sentenced-robbers-attempt-escape-from-delta-high-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Sentenced robbers attempt escape from Delta High Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fb-like-box\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DisNaija\" data-width=\"292\" data-show-faces=\"false\" data-stream=\"false\" data-header=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"fb-like\" data-href=\"http:\/\/disnaija.com\" data-send=\"true\" data-width=\"200\" data-show-faces=\"false\" data-action=\"recommend\"><\/div>\n<p><em><strong>By Citizens platform<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Following a death sentence issued by an Asaba High Court in Delta State, two robbers Frank Okedema, and Elvis Agbofodo attempted to escape from the court premises in which they were convicted.<\/p>\n<p>The two men who were also accused of raping, illegal stockpiling of weapons, and stealing were sentenced by the court after being found guilty on two counts of conspiracy and armed robbery.<\/p>\n<p>Court officials reported that immediately the judge pronounced the death sentence, Elvis Agbofodo bailed out of the court room, and Frank Okedema followed suit.<\/p>\n<p>One of the robber was shot in the leg by an armed prison guard and apprehended in the premises of a church next to the court house, and the other was caught by policemen while on the run.<\/p>\n<p>Eyewitnesses said that court proceedings were disrupted by the escape attempt after prison guards to embarked on sporadic shooting.<\/p>\n<p>The wounded robber was also rushed to an undisclosed hospital within the state capital for medical treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Both convicts, it was gathered, hail from Ekpan community of Uvwie Local Government.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/> Posted in <a href=\"http:\/\/nigerianews.disnaija.com\/\">Nigeria News. <\/a>A <a href=\"http:\/\/disnaija.com\">DisNaija.Com<\/a> network.<\/p>\n<p>Source:  Citizens Platform<\/p>\n<p><b>DisNaija.Com<\/b> publishes regular posts on <a href=\"http:\/\/nigeria-news.disnaija.com\/\">Nigeria News,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/nigerian-newspapers.disnaija.com\/\">Nigerian Newspapers,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/online-nigeria.disnaija.com\/\">Online Nigeria Gist.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dis_Naija\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DisNaija\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-like-box\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DisNaija\" data-width=\"292\" data-show-faces=\"false\" data-stream=\"false\" data-header=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"fb-like\" data-href=\"http:\/\/disnaija.com\" data-send=\"true\" data-width=\"200\" data-show-faces=\"false\" data-action=\"recommend\"><\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/nigerianews.disnaija.com\/citizens-platform\/sentenced-robbers-attempt-escape-from-delta-high-court\/\">Nigeria News<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dis_Naija\" class=\"twitter-follow-button\" data-show-count=\"true\" data-size=\"large\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Follow @Dis_Naija<\/a><br \/>\n<script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,\"script\",\"twitter-wjs\");<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Your Opinion Counts. 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