A High Court sitting in Akure, Ondo kingdom capital on Friday sentenced 3 of the 4 individuals worried withinside the killing of the daughter of the Afenifere leader, Funke Olakurin to loss of life through placing.
The convicts sentenced to loss of life through placing or firing squad through Justice Olamide Williams include, Muhammed Shehu Usman, Mazaje Lawal, and Adamu Adamu, for offences starting from conspiracy to homicide, kidnapping and armed theft.
In his verdict, Justice Olamide faulted the claims of the suspects pronouncing their evidences had been afterthought to get away the wrath of the law, pronouncing the prosecution became capable of show the case of conspiracy to homicide, kidnapping, armed theft and helping and abetting towards 3 of the 4 defendants.
He therefore convicted them on 8 be counted number prices and discharged the fourth suspect, Awalu Abubakar for conspiracy, helping and abetting.
On the price of homicide, Justice Olamide however, stated the convicts are to die both through placing or through firing squad, at the price of homicide, and stated they had been to spend the last a part of their lives in jail for the offence of kidnapping.
The trial choose commiserated with the own circle of relatives of the sufferer and ask the authorities to urgently do something positive about instances of rape, kidnapping and homicide which has emerge as the order of the day in exceptional elements of the country.
Mrs Olakunri was killed on July 12, 2019 alongside Ore/ Ijebu-Ode avenue in Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State at the same time as on her manner from Akure to Lagos to wait a social feature at the same time as her driver, Femi Ajayi, became abducted and spent seven days in captivity of the kidnappers.
The convicts had been additionally stated to have attacked and killed one Matthew Ogunbiyi, a hunter withinside the woodland at the same time as additionally they took as hostage, a German-Nigerian who became launched after the fee of ransom.
The Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Charles Titiloye stated an 8-be counted number price had been favored towards the 4 suspects, which protected homicide, kidnapping, armed theft, helping and abetting.
The first 3 suspects had been charged with homicide opposite to Section 316 and punishable by segment 319 of the Criminal Code CAP 37 Volume 1, Laws of Ondo State, Nigeria, 2006.
They had been additionally charged with conspiracy to devote armed theft and real fee of armed theft opposite to Section 1 (2a&b) for the Robbery and Firearm Special Prohibition Act CAP R11, Volume 14, Laws of the Federation.
The 4 culprits pleaded now no longer responsible to the 8 price counts favored towards them, praying the courtroom docket to launch them as they claimed now no longer to be a part of the abduction gang that killed Olakunri, pronouncing the police provided fake proof towards them.
