An Ogun State High Court sitting in Abeokuta, the state capital, on Monday convicted and sentenced three persons to death by hanging for killing a couple, Kehinde and Bukola Fatinoye and their son, Oreoluwa, on New Year Day, t wo years ago.
Justice Basirat Adebowale sentenced the trio of Odetola Ahmed and Adeniyi Waheed, who were the deceased’s drivers, in a hearing that lasted for more than three hours.
The trio were arraigned alongside Fadairo Temitope (wife of the first defendant), Adekanbi Adenike, the mother, Owolaja Aanuoluwapo, Usman Azeez, Abass Odetola and Adewusi Lukman.
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They were arraigned on 24-count charge including conspiracy to commit armed robbery, conspiracy to murder, murder, arson, escape from lawful custody, perverting the course of justice, receiving stolen property among others.
Justice Adebowale argued in her opinion that the prosecution had beyond a doubt established the prosecution’s case against three significant defendants.
The suspects were found guilty of murdering the couple’s son before igniting the bodies in gruesome ways.
Given the way the convicts murdered the couple and their son, Justice Adebowale also argued that the convicts did not deserve justice from the court, as their attorneys prayed.
The Judge sentenced the first, second, and third defendants on counts one through nine, giving them the sentences of death, hanging, or forced labor, life in prison, or 14 years in prison, among others.
The judge ordered Adekambi Lekan to be hanged by neck until he is dead or to receive a lethal injection, according to the judge.
“May God have mercy on your soul”, the court held.
Lekan’s Wife was also convicted and sentenced to four years for count 12 and 14, which will run concurrently.
The judge discharged counts 12, 13 and 14 against the mother, but found her guilty of count 15 with a one-year imprisonment from the day of remand.
It will be recalled that like many worshippers, the late Kehinde and Bukola Fatinoye, alongside their only surviving son, Oreoluwa, attended the 2022/2023 crossover service at the Christ Anglican Church Iporo-Ake, Abeokuta, Ogun State.
After the service, they returned home, where life was snuffed out of them by their driver, Adekanbi Lekan.
A few hours after the transition to the New Year, the couple was brutally murdered by assailants who had taken control of their semi-detached apartment. Their corpses were also engulfed in flames.
Source: Channels TV
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