Four people are to die by hanging for allegedly killing one Mr. Samuel Oloyede, a 70-year-old pensioner in Ekiti State, Igbere TV reports.
This comes as a High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, on Monday, found the four persons guilty of murder. They were said to have committed the crime on April 5, 2017 in Odo Owa Ekiti, Ijero Local Government Area of Ekiti State.
Igbere TV gathered the convicts as Rashidat Abdul (f) 37, Oluwatosin Akarakiri (m) 32, Abdulrasheed Mutairu (m) 22 and Iyoriochile Eromoina (f) 18.
Justice Oluwatoyin Abodunde, in his ruling, held that the prosecution has proved the case of murder against the convicts beyond reasonable doubt.
The judge ruled that the accused contravened Section 316 Criminal Code, Cap C 16, Laws of Ekiti State of Nigeria 2012 and Section 301(2) (2) of Ekiti State Criminal Justice Law 2014.
“I am persuaded that in the instant case, prosecution have proved the ingredients of murder beyond reasonable doubt by convincing and compelling qualitative unbroken circumstantial evidence and I so hold.
“The sentence of the court upon the four accused persons, is that you be hanged by the neck until you be dead and may God have mercy on your souls,” Justice Abodunde said.
The accused, Igbere TV learnt, were first arraigned on February 12, 2018 when the charge was read and interpreted to them but pleaded not guilty.
According to the witnesses, the deceased was a pensioner who operated a brothel in his personal house as a means of livelihood where all the accused persons also lived.
There was a misunderstanding between the deceased and accused persons on payments and sharing formula.
