Ekiti man to die by hanging for killing yam farmer
A High Court on Monday in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State sentenced a 26-year-old, Dele Ojo, to death by hanging for killing a farmer who had been stealing his yam.
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Delivering judgment, Justice Abiodun Adesodun said, “The circumstances of this case do not allow for recommendation of clemency to the governor on behalf of the convict.
“You are hereby sentenced to death by hanging. May the Lord have mercy upon his soul.”
The Prosecution said Ojo committed the offence on September 13, 2018, at Iroko Ekiti in Ijero Local Government Area of Ekiti, where he murdered one Ajayi Adewole, contrary to Section 319 of the Criminal Code Law, Cap. C16, Laws of Ekiti State, 2012.
The Prosecution Counsel, Mr Wale Fapohunda, said the convict had been stealing yams from the deceased’s farm.
He said the convict shot the deceased at close range at the farm.
To prove his case, Fapohunda called four witnesses, an IPO and a medical Doctor and tendered a Dane gun, photographs of the deceased, five tubers of yam, and confessional statements among other documents.
Daily Times gathered that the convict testified in his own defence through his lawyer, Mr Yinka Oyeleke, and called no witnesses.
