An Ekiti State High Court in Ado Ekiti on Monday sentenced four persons to death by hanging for the murder of a 70-year-old pensionner, Samuel Oloyede.
Justice Oluwatoyin Abodunde said, “I am persuaded that in the instant case, the prosecution have proved the ingredients of murder beyond reasonable doubt by convincing and compelling qualitative unbroken circumstantial evidence and I so hold.
The charge sheet read, “The act was committed on or about April 5, 2017 at Odo Owa Ekiti in Ijero Council Area of Ekiti State when they conspired to murder Samuel Oloyede, contrary to Section 516A and 316 of the Criminal Code, Cap.C16, laws of Ekiti State of Nigeria 2012.”The witnesses said the late pensioner operated a brothel in his personal house as a means of livelihood where the accused also lived.
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