In a statement made
available in Osogbo by the Information Officer of the Osun State Ministry of
Justice, Mr Opeyemi Bello revealed judgement.
Justice Kudirat Akano of an
Osun State High Court, Ilesa, on Tuesday sentenced an 84-year-old herbalist,
Oluwafemi Fagbemi, to death by hanging for killing one Jacob Ajayi for money
ritual.
Apart from the herbalist,
his clients who approached him to make money ritual for them – Tobi Ojo, Famutuwa
Femi and Tope Olatunji – were also sentenced to death by the court.
The convicts were arraigned
on two counts of conspiracy and murder “contrary to sections 324 and 319 of the
Criminal Code, Cap 34, Volume 2, Law of
Osun State of Nigeria, 2002.”
The counsel from Ministry
of Justice, Mr. Abiodun Badiora, had told the court that the convicts committed
the crime On April 13, 2012, adding that Ajayi was killed for money ritual.
The counsel said, “The
headless body of deceased was recovered from a septic tank, but his genital and
part of his leg had been removed.”
The presiding judge found
the four convicts guilty on the two counts preferred against them.
Too bad
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