A High court situated in Ilorin, Kwara state, sentenced three convicts to death by hanging for raping and killing a 24-year-old University of Ilorin student, Olajide Blessing Omowumi.
Recall that the 300-level Agricultural Sciences student was found de@d in her sister’s home with her mouth g@gged with clothes and br¥ises on her private p@rt.
Autopsy later confirmed she was r@ped and str@ngled to de@th.
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 robb£ry, illegal possession of fir£arms and r@pe.
In the judgement delivered by Justice Ibrahim Adebayo Yusuf, the three convicts were found guilty of culpable hom#cide p¥nishable with de@th, conspiracy to commit robb£ry, r¥pe and conspiracy to m¥rder.
The judge unveiled that the gang had the intention of th£ft and r@pe without intention to k#ll, however, their act led to hom#cide.
The fourth and fifth accused persons were each sentenced to three years in imprisonment for the offence of th£ft.
Earlier, the court discharged and acquitted 6th, 7th and 8th suspects on the basis that they were not found guilty of any charges against brought against them.
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