Friday, June 14, 2024 - An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti Division, on Thursday, sentenced four persons to death by hanging for armed robbery, murder and conspiracy.
The court also convicted and
sentenced the defendants to life imprisonment for attempted murder.
They are Ogunleye Sola, Adebayo Ebenezer,
Lasisi Afeez and Ojo Oba.
The charge read, “The defendants committed
the offences on May 29, 2017, at Oyan Orete Camp, Ijan Ekiti where the
occupants of the camp were robbed at gunpoint and one Olasunkanmi Ramon was
murdered while Alhaji Adeleye Usman was attacked with a cutlass on the head by
the defendants
“The offences committed by the four defendants are contrary
to Section 6(b) of the Robbery and Firearms (Special Provisions) Act, Cap. R11,
Laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 2004; Murder and Attempt to Murder
contrary to sections 319(1) and 320 of the Criminal Code Law, Cap.C16, Laws of
Ekiti State, 2012.”
The Director of Public Prosecutions, Julius
Ajibare, who prosecuted the case for Ekiti State, called five witnesses and
tendered seven exhibits to prove his case.
The defendants spoke through their counsel,
Chris Omokhafe and Oluwaseun Banji, who gave evidence in their defence and
called two other witnesses
In the judgment, Justice Olukayode Ogundana
held that the prosecution proved all the offences against the defendants beyond
reasonable doubt.
The judge consequently convicted all the
defendants and sentenced them to death by hanging for the offences of
conspiracy, armed robbery and murder just as he sentenced them to life
imprisonment for attempted murder.
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