“The essential ingredients of the offence of armed robbery may be stated as follows:-

1. That there was a robbery or series of robberies.

2. That the robbery or each robbery was an armed robbery.

3. That the accused was the rober or one of those who took part in the armed robbery.

See Afolalu v. The State (2010) 16 NWLR CPL 1220) 584, Ikana v. The State (2014) 1 NWLR CPL 1389) 639.

These three ingredients of the offence of armed robbery must co-exist and be proved beyond reasonable doubt in order to secure a conviction.” PER J. I. OKORO, J.S.C, in

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