An Ado-Ekiti
High Court, on Friday, sentenced one Kolawole Oluwasola to death by hanging for
armed robbery and murder.
Justice John
Adeyeye, who found Kolawole guilty of armed robbery and murder, held that the
prosecution had proved the case beyond any reasonable doubt.
The judge
said that during investigation, the accused made a confessional statement and
took the police to the scene of the crime, where the decomposing body of
Ismaila was found.
He said that
the State Counsel, Mrs Bunmi Ajumobi, called six witnesses to prove while the
counsel for the defendant, Mrs Amina Baderinwa, also called the defendant, who
gave evidence in his own case.
Adeyeye said
that from the evidence before the court, Kolawole would face the supreme
punishment prescribed for the offence of murder and armed robbery.
He held that
the offence of armed robbery and murder were both punishable by death upon
conviction.
Kolawole
committed the offence on April 13, 2016 at Sabo Area, Aramoko-Ekiti.
He was
arraigned for stabbing one Yahaya Sumaila and also strangulated him to death.
Kolawole was
also docked for snatching the victim’s motorcycle and thereafter ran to Ibadan.
Nemesis,
however, caught up with the accused when the police arrested him for possession
of a suspected stolen motorcycle.
NAN
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