NIGERIA: TRADITIONAL RULER’S SON, TWO SIBLINGS SENTENCED TO DEATH

November 22, 2016: For being found guilty of murder, son of a traditional ruler in Mafoluku, Oshodi area of Lagos State, Ibrahim Omilade and two other siblings, were sentenced to death by a Lagos High Court, Ikeja.
While delivering judgment, Justice Kudirat Jose pronounced the Baale’s son, alongside the duo of Shola Oni and Kayode Oni, to death by hanging.
The three young men were charged for conspiracy and murder of one Suleiman Afolabi during a fight on Christmas Day in 2012 at Eyin Ogun Street, Mafoluku, Oshodi, when Suleiman was cut with a machete.
“I pronounce the defendants guilty in respect of the charge of murder and conspiracy. They shall be sentenced to death, hanged by the neck until their take their last gasp of breath.” Justice Jose, therefore, cautioned youths to learn from the ordeal that befell the convicts, adding that young ones should be careful of going about to attack people to settle scores. (Sources: guardian.ng, 23/11/2016)