Court sentence three to death by hanging for raping and killing Unilorin student
A High Court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State, on Tuesday, December 13, sentenced three persons to death by hanging for r@ping and killing a 24-year-old University of Ilorin student, Olajide Blessing Omowumi.
The convicts: Abdulazeez Ismail, Ajala Oluwatimileyin and Oyeyemi Omogbolahan, were among the eight persons accused of the hideous crime which occurred on June 2, 2021.
They were brought before the court by the Kwara State government in suit No KWS/33c/c/2021 on 11-count charge bordering on armed robbery, illegal possession of fir£arms and rape.
Recall that the 300-level Agricultural Sciences student was found dead in her sister’s home with her mouth gaged with clothes and bruises on her private part. Autopsy later confirmed she was raped and strangled to death.
In the judgement delivered by Justice Ibrahim Adebayo Yusuf, the three convicts were found guilty of culpable homocide punishable with death, conspiracy to commit robbery, rape and conspiracy to murder.
The judge held that the gang had the intention of th£ft and rape without intention to kill, however, added that their act led to homocide.
The fourth and fifth accused persons were each sentenced to three years in imprisonment for the offence of theft.
Earlier, the court discharged and acquitted 6th, 7th and 8th suspects on the basis that they were not found guilty of any charges against them.