Binge Drinking Man Killed Friend

Samuel was found guilty of a count charge of murder by Justice Adebiyi after the court held that the prosecution had proved the case of murder.

Justice Raliatu Adebiyi of an Ikeja High Court, yesterday, sentenced one Anuoluwapo Samuel, 26, to death by hanging for killing his friend, John Omobere, during a brawl after a drinking binge.

The court held: “The defendant, Anuoluwapo Samuel, is hereby sentenced to death in accordance with Section 221 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011. May the Lord have mercy on your soul.” 

The judge ruled that prosecution had established the ingredients necessary to secure a murder conviction, adding “the defendant from the facts of the case did not set out to kill the deceased, but he must have known that the machete wound he inflicted caused a grievous bodily harm. “The defendant left the scene of the fight to fetch a machete. That action was a proof of his intent to inflict the maximum injury on the deceased.” Adebiyi faulted the claim of self-defence claimed by Samuel during his trial.