Justice Adekunle Adeleye in his judgment said the prosecutor led credible evidence linking the defendants to the commission of the two offences.
”Having found them guilty of the offence of Conspiracy and Murder, two of them are hereby sentenced to 7 years imprisonment for the offence of conspiracy and also to death for the offence of murder, may God have mercy on your souls, The judge added.’’ The charges against the convicts were that the defendants on 11th of December, 2017 in Otun Ekiti, Moba Local Government Area of Ekiti State conspired and murdered one Adeoye Adegoke, contrary to Sections 516 and 316 of the Criminal Code Law, Cap C16, Laws of Ekiti State, 2012.
One of the deceased relatives who testified before the court said, he met his brother on the hospital bed on that day, struggling for his life, before he gave up the ghost, he mentioned that the defendant’s alongside Seyi a.k.a. Koro, Ilesanmi a.k.a Babaloja, Dare a.k.a. DD, Jamiyu, Kabiru a.k.a. KB, Johnson, Festus a.k.a. Dudu, Ganiyu a.k.a. G-Boy, Owolabi Yinka a.k.a. AK-700, Michael Oyeniyi a.k.a.
Barrister Gbemiga Adaramola, the prosecutor, in proving his case called six witnesses and also tendered statements of the defendants and witnesses, photographs of the deceased, sticks, rope, medical reports among others as exhibits.
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