An Ekiti State Excessive Court docket, Ado Ekiti Division, has sentenced a 28-year-old man, Ayodeji Alomoge, to dying by hanging for killing a person having affairs together with his spouse.
Alomoge, who was tried on a depend cost bordering on homicide, in response to the cost, had “on twenty first of June, 2022 at Ikere Ekiti murdered one Ogunleye Ayomide, opposite to Part 234 of the Prison Regulation of Ekiti State, 2021.”
Father of the deceased, Ige Ogunleye, in his assertion to the police, mentioned that he bought a name that his son (the deceased) “has been overwhelmed to pulp by Alomoge and his gang, I rushed right down to the place, I met my son within the pool of his personal blood with numerous levels of harm on the pinnacle and mouth.
“I additionally met Alomoge being held by some folks. I requested him the rationale for his motion, and he mentioned Ayomide had been having affairs with my spouse, and he had warned him to desist or else he would kill him.
“I took him (Ayomide) to a close-by hospital and later to the College Instructing Hospital, Ilorin, Kwara State, the place he later died.”
The prosecutor, Kunle-Shina Adeyemo, referred to as 5 witnesses and tendered the defendant’s statements, footage of the deceased, and a medical report of the reason for dying as reveals.
The defendant spoke in his defence by way of his lawyer, Adeyinka Opaleke, who pleaded to the courtroom to mood justice with mercy. He referred to as no witnesses.
Within the courtroom judgment on Thursday, Justice Jubril Aladejana mentioned, “It could seem to me that rivalry between males over the love of a girl shouldn’t be a floor to justify provocation, besides the scenario is such that it’s sudden and resulting in a heating of ardour.
“I consequently discover the defendant responsible of the homicide cost towards him and subsequently convicted as charged.”
The courtroom pronounced that “Ayodeji Alomoge shall be hanged by his neck till he be lifeless.”
