A 200 level
student of Lead City University, Ibadan, Moshood Owolabi, is to die by hanging
for stabling his fellow student to death.
Delivering
judgment yesterday, Justice Adegboye Gbolagunte of an Ibadan High Court
sentenced Owolabi to death by hanging for causing the death of one Seun
Kolawole, two years ago.
Owolabi of the
Physical and Health Education Department caused the death of Kolawole by
stabbing him with a bottle.
Gbolagunte
said the counsel prosecuting the case, Mr A. Olawale, a Deputy Director in Oyo
State Ministry of Justice had proved the case beyond reasonable doubt.
The judge said
the evidence before him showed that the accused committed the offence as
charged.
He ruled that
the accused should be sentenced to death by hanging to serve as a deterrent to
others.
Gbolagunte
advised parents to always monitor their children to prevent them from
misbehaving.
Olawale had
earlier told the court that the convict stabbed Kolawole with a broken bottle
in the neck, following a misunderstanding between him and the deceased.
The incident
happened on Jan. 12, 2014 at toll-gate area of Ibadan.
He said that
the injury sustained as a result of the stabbing resulted to the death of
Kolawole.
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