The Kwara State High Court, sitting in Ilorin, on Monday, sentenced three convicts to death for the offences of armed robbery and kidnapping.
The offences were committed against one Mr Olubunmi Komolafe and his wife, Mrs Adeola Morenikeji, at their farm, in Ilorin, Kwara State.
Delivering his judgement on the matter, Justice Funsho Lawal said that the convicts, Patrick Afedia Adams, Tijani Usman and Ahmed Muhammad, were sentenced on four-count charge bordering on conspiracy, rape, armed robbery and kidnapping.
He said that on June 15, 2025, at Kanjile village, via Kulende area, Ilorin, the convicts robbed the complainants, kidnapped the wife into a secluded place and demanded N5m ransom .
The prosecution narrated how the convicts tied up the complainants, and how one of them, Tijani Usman raped the wife, Mrs Adeola Morenikeji, mercilessly.
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