Tuesday, January 27, 2026 - A Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin has sentenced three men to d3ath for offences relating to armed robbery and kidnapping and rape.
The convicts — Patrick Adams, Tijani Usman and Ahmed
Muhammad — were found guilty of crimes committed against a farmer, Mr Olubunmi
Komolafe, and his wife, Mrs Adeola Morenikeji, at their farm in Ilorin, Kwara
State.
Delivering judgment on Monday, January 26, 2026, Justice
Funsho Lawal held that the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt
on a four-count charge bordering on conspiracy, armed robbery, kidnapping and
r@pe.
The court heard that on June 15, 2025, at Kangile village
via the Kulende area of Ilorin, the convicts attacked the victims, robbed them
of their belongings and kidnapped Mrs Morenikeji to a secluded location, where
they demanded a ransom of N5 million.
Justice Lawal also noted that the victims were tied up
during the attack, and that one of the convicts, Tijani Usman, s3xually
assaulted Mrs Morenikeji.
Based on the evidence before the court, the judge sentenced
the convicts to d3ath in line with the provisions of the law.
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