NIGERIA: TWO EKITI MEN TO DIE BY HANGING FOR ROBBING 53-YEAR-OLD LECTURER

May 31, 2022:

An Ekiti State High Court, sitting in Ado Ekiti, has sentenced 36-year-old Fakorede Olawale and 39-year-old Tunji Olaitan to death for armed robbery, Punch reported on 31 May 2022.
The two men were tried on three counts bordering on attempted murder, attempted rape and armed robbery.
The charge read, “The defendants on 24 November 2015, at the Adehun area, beside Petim Sawmill, Iworoko Road, Ado Ekiti, within the jurisdiction of the court, did attempt to murder, attempt to rape and rob one Titilope Ayen, a 53-year-old lecturer, on the same day.
The defendants spoke in their own defence through their counsel and did not call any witness.
They urged the court to temper justice with mercy.
Justice Adeniyi Familoni said, “On count one, attempted murder, the two defendants are sentenced to life imprisonment. On count two, attempted rape, the first defendant is sentenced to 14 years’ imprisonment without a fine option, while the second defendant is discharged and acquitted.
“On count three, armed robbery, the two defendants are sentenced to death. May the Lord have mercy on your souls.”