This is an appeal against the judgment of the High Court of Anambra State delivered by Hon. Justice Peter J. Umeadi on 21/2/2012, wherein His Lordship convicted the Appellant for armed robbery and sentenced him to death by hanging or firing squad. The facts that led to this appeal are as follows: The Appellant was arraigned before the trial Court on information and proof of evidence containing a five count charge. The Appellant pleaded not guilty to the charge. To prove its case, the Prosecution called 5 witnesses at trial. P.W.1 gave evidence that the Appellant in the company of others had robbed at gunpoint, P.W.1 of her vehicle and other valuables on their way to Nkpor through Ugwunabankpa Road, Inland town, Onitsha, after which P.W.1 went to the Police Station and gave a statement. P.W.2 gave evidence that she knew the Appellant very well and she was in the company of P.W.1 and others in P.W.1's vehicle when the Appellant and some other people riding on motorcycles blocked their path and forced the passengers out of the car. The passengers fled into a nearby slaughter market, while the 1. robbers collected the car, robbed P.W.2 of her Samsung handset and made off with the car. P.W.2 said she was very familiar with the Appellant as she had seen him on several occasions. P.W.3 is a Sergeant attached to the Anti Robbery Squad Inland Town Police Station Onitsha. The Complainant's matter was referred to him for investigation. P.W.3 stated that in the course of his investigation, no suspects were identified nor were any arrests made. At the end of his investigation, P.W.3 wrote a report. P.W. 4 is a Superintendent of police, serving with the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS). He got to know the Complainant in this case through a petition she wrote alleging that she was robbed at gun point by a group of four men riding on motorcycles, and that she had complained to the Police who were doing little about it, the Complainant named the Appellant in the petition. P.W.4 in a team of 7 men investigated the Petition and arrested the Appellant in a bush known to be the home of notorious criminals during the course of their investigation. P.W. 4 called P.W.1 to the SARS office where P.W.1 sighted the Appellant and identified him as one of the men that robbed 2. her. P.W.4 then took additional statements from her and other witnesses. P.W.4 stated that the Appellant denied the allegations but admitted that he was a drug dealer. P.W.5 testified that she was not at the scene of the