14th February, 2023
By Alaba-Olusola Oke
Two men Ayuba Idris and Tasur Abubakar has been sentenced to death by hanging for killing about four years after the allegedly killed a couple, identified as Mr Kwaku and Mrs Tope Kwakye at Ojomo Akintan Estate, Olufoam, Akure, Ondo State.
The two accused who alleged killed the couple on May 1,2019 by 8:30pm were sentenced to death after they were found guilty of the charges against them by Ondo State High Court in Akure on Tuesday.
While delivering judgment, Justice Williams Olajide, said the prosecution has successfully proven its case beyond the reasonable doubts.
He subsequently went ahead to pronounce death sentence on the two accused persons.
“Therefore, Idris, the sentence of the court upon you is that you be hanged by the neck until you be dead and may the Lord have mercy on your soul.
“Abubakar, the sentence of the court upon you is that you be hanged by the neck until you be dead and may the Lord have mercy on your soul,” he ruled.
Earlier, Mr John Dada, the counsel for the Ondo State Government said that the convicts killed Mr Kwaku and Mrs Tope Kwakye on May 1,2019 by 8:30pm at Ojomo Akintan Estate, Olufoam in Akure.
Dada told the court that the convicted who were armed with dangerous weapons, killed their victims with a motorcycle cable. ( NAN)