Thursday, May 30, 2024 - An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti has sentenced one Adedayo Olawole to death by hanging over the murder of one Chukwudi Joseph.
The
29-year-old Olawole was also sentenced to seven years imprisonment for
conspiracy in the murder of the deceased person.
He
was arraigned on March 29, 2023, on two counts bordering on conspiracy and
murder
The charge reads, “That Adedayo Olawole and others now at large at Eporo
in Emure Ekiti did conspire to murder one Chukwudi Joseph. The offences are
contrary to Sections 244 and 243 of the Criminal Law of Ekiti State Nigeria,
2021.”
A cousin to the deceased, in his testimony before the court, said he saw
the defendant and some other boys hit the deceased with planks and later, one
of the defendant’s gang members stabbed him in the left side of his chest and
the deceased fell down and died before some people could get there for rescue.
The Prosecutor, Ibironke Odetola called six witnesses and tendered the
defendant’s statements, pictures of the deceased and other supporting documents
as exhibits.
Delivering his judgment, Justice Jubril Aladejana, said that assaulting
the deceased with planks before being stabbed in the left part of his chest
showed that the assailants intended to cause him grievous bodily harm or his
death.
Justice Aladejana, who said that the prosecution had proved beyond
reasonable doubt that the defendant and others at large conspired to commit the
felony of murder at Eporo Ekiti on December 10, 2021 declared “Consequently,
the sole issue for determination is resolved in favour of the prosecution.
“On count one (Conspiracy), the defendant is sentenced to seven years imprisonment without an option of fine. Count two (murder), the sentence of this court upon Adedayo Olawole is that you shall be hanged by the neck until you be dead. May God have mercy on your soul."
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