An Ondo State High Court,
sitting in Akure, the state capital has sentenced a 26-year-old man, Saliu
Oladayo to death by hanging, for killing his girlfriend, late Confidence Ebere.
Oladayo stabbed the
19-year-old Ebere to death at Oshinle Quarters, Akure, following a disagreement
that ensued between them.
The incident happened in
May 2018.
He was thereafter arraigned
before a magistrate court on one count of murder.
The case was later
transferred to the state High Court.
After series of arguments
from the prosecuting and defence counsels, the court admitted that Oladayo
committed the offence, which was contrary to Section 316 and punishable under
Section 319(I) of the Criminal Code cap 37, Vol. 1 Laws of Ondo State of
Nigeria, 2006.
According to the court, the
circumstantial evidence and autopsy report revealed that “Saliu Oladayo, a
secondary school leaver, stabbed the deceased on the left side of the chest and
her left hand with a kitchen knife during a little misunderstanding at No 2,
Dele Ojo Quarters, Akure around 2:00 p.m. on May 15, 2018.”
Delivering his judgement,
the trial judge, Justice Ademola Bola said Oladayo was found guilty of the
offence and sentenced him to death by hanging.
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