The Supreme Court of Nigeria yesterday
in Abuja re-affirmed the death sentence passed on an apprentice mechanic
for killing a three –month- old daughter of his pastor, Matthew
Olubodun of the All Christian Fellowship Church, Ode Ekiti for rituals.
The convict, Akinola Olatunbosun
abducted the child, Joy Faith Olubodun from inside the church after a
night vigil in June 2003, when her mother and other congregation of the
church were asleep.
The lower court was told that a search party went to the appellant’s house and found it locked up but he was eventually found and confessed to the pastor [PW2 and father of the deceased] that he killed and buried Joy Faith Olubodun.
The lower court was told that a search party went to the appellant’s house and found it locked up but he was eventually found and confessed to the pastor [PW2 and father of the deceased] that he killed and buried Joy Faith Olubodun.
“He took the police and the PW2 to where he killed and buried the child in a shallow grave. The body was exhumed and it was found that the child’s eyes were removed and the throat slashed,” the lower court heard.
The trial judge, Justice Jegede J, after hearing the case found the apprentice guilty of the offence of murder under Section 316 of the Criminal Code and sentenced him to death by hanging in pursuant to Section 319 of the Criminal code.
Not satisfied with the ruling, the convict approached the Ilorin division of the Court of Appeal to set aside the judgment. After arguments were canvassed by both parties, the court in a split judgment of two against one, upheld the judgment of the trial court, while Justice Denton-West dissented.
But determined to upturn the decisions of the courts in his favour, the appellant proceeded to the Supreme Court in his quest to set aside the judgments.
However, the Justices of the apex court in a unanimous decision affirmed the judgments of the Court of Appeal and the trial high court and ruled that the appellant must die by hanging.
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hmmm...... Love of money begining of evil
ReplyDeleteThe love of money, wealth, big cars, womanizing omonlas is the root of all evils which many crave after has led this youngman to die by hanging. Pls dis type is too good for him. Let him be given slow death sentence so dat he can hav enoff story to tell satan d devil upon arrival in hell.
DeleteI hope it is slow and very painful. And I hope he hears the cries of the child as he snuff life out of her before breathing his last.
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