Justice Oyindamola Ogala of the Lagos State Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja has sentenced a 30-year-old man, Jeffrey Ehizojie, to death by hanging for killing his employer, Olusola Olusoga, who owned Etsahol Hotel and Suites and the manager of the hotel, Tunji Omikunle.
Justice Ogala condemned Ehizojie to death after she held that the prosecution had proven the ingredients of the charge beyond all reasonable doubt.
The condemned convict, who at the time of the crime was working as a supervisor in the hotel, was arraigned before the court on a two-count charge bordering on murder.
The state had told the judge during the trial that Ehizojie committed the offence on January 25, 2019 at about 3 am at 42, Budland Street, Ojodu-Berger, Lagos.
The convict was also accused of conspiring with other persons still at large, to steal from the hotel manager and owner but ended up strangling them.
The offence contravened the provisions of sections 233 and 223 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, 2015 (Revised).
In her judgment, Justice Ogala held that the case of the prosecution was premised upon the confessional statement of the convict as well as circumstantial evidence.
She held, “There is no doubt that the defendant was present at the premises of the scene of the crime as confirmed by him in his evidence in chief and exhibits before the court,” Justice Ogala held
The judge stated that “after carefully considering the facts in this case, I now find the defendant guilty of the two-count charge against him.
“The sentencing of the court upon you, Jeffrey Ehizogie, is that you be hanged on the neck until you die,” Justice Ogala held.
