Delivering judgement, Justice
Williams Olamide found two domestic staff guilty of the three-count charge of
conspiracy to murder, murder and robbery.
The Akure High Court,
yesterday, sentenced two domestic staff of former Vice Chancellor of Federal
University of Technology, Akure, FUTA, Professor Albert Ilemobade, to death by
hanging.
The convicts, Daniel Itah
Effiong and Bamitale Olayemi, were the security/gate man of the 79-year-old
former Professor of Veterinary Medicine, and driver, respectively.
They were accused of
strangulating the deceased to death in his residence at Ijapo Estate, Akure,
Ondo State, on June 21, 2015, and stole his Toyota RAV 4, 2013 model and N7000.
The offence, according to
the prosecutor, who is the State Director of Public Prosecution, Mrs Adejoke
Tuki, was contrary to and punishable under Section 324 of the Criminal Code
Cap.37 Vol. 1 Laws of Ondo State of Nigeria, 2006.
Justice Olamide, in his
judgement which lasted about two hours, held that the prosecution was able to
establish and prove the case against the former domestic staff of the late
professor beyond reasonable doubt and to the satisfaction of the court.
He declared: “The accused
persons were callous, wicked and inconsiderate when they decided to sniff out
life of an elderly person and their benefactor over his property. Against this
backdrop, the accused persons do not deserve the sympathy or mercy of this
court.
“Law must take its cause
and this will serve as a deterrent to others. The accused persons are hereby
sentenced to death by hanging. May God have mercy on your souls.”
It will be recalled that
the two domestic staff, after they murdered their boss, dumped his corpse in a
store/generator house before they fled.
Security operatives and
family members of the late professor had thought he had been kidnapped until
detectives in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, arrested the domestic staff while they
were about to sell the stolen car for N400,000.
The dealer, who wanted to
buy the car became suspicious because the market value was N5 million. He
informed police and the suspects were arrested.
They led the detectives
from Ogun State to the Ijapo residence of the late professor and showed them
where they dumped his corpse.
serve them right
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