Court Sentences 4 To Death For Murder, Armed Robbery In Ekiti

Four men have been sentenced to death by hanging by an Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti for the offences of armed robbery, murder and conspiracy.

The convicts, Ogunleye Sola, Adebayo Ebenezer, Lasisi Afeez and Ojo Oba were also sentenced to life imprisonment for the offence of attempted murder by the court presided over by Justice Kayode Ogundana.

The offences 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) & 320 of the Criminal Code Law, Cap.C16, Laws of Ekiti State, 2012.

The convicts committed the offence on the 29th of May, 2017 at Oyan Orete Camp in ljan-Ekiti where the occupants of the camp were robbed at gunpoint and one Olasunkanmi Ramon was murdered and Alhaji Adeleye Usman was attacked with cutlass on the head by the convicts.

The Director of Public Prosecution, Julius Ajibare, who prosecuted the case for Ekiti State called five witnesses and tendered seven exhibits to corroborate his case.

Counsels to the convicts, Chris Omokhafe and Oluwaseun Oye Banji who gave evidence in their defence also called two witnesses.

Delivering his judgment, Justice Ogundana held that the Prosecution proved all the offences against the defendants beyond reasonable doubts.

He consequently convicted all the defendants and sentenced them to death by hanging for the offences of conspiracy, armed robbery and murder and life imprisonment for the offence of attempted murder.