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Ekiti Prince sentenced to death by hanging for killing monarch

DailyblastBy DailyblastMay 6, 2022002 Mins Read
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An Ekiti Prince has been sentenced to death by hanging for killing the traditional ruler of his community.

42-year-old Ademola Omoniyi was handed the sentence by an Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti Division, after being arraigned on one count of murder, an offence contrary to Section 316 and punishable under Section 319 of the Criminal Code, Cap. C16, Laws of Ekiti State of Nigeria, 2012.

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The charge sheet read;

“Ademola Stephen Omoniyi on August 20, 2018, at Odo Oro Ekiti in the Ikole Ekiti Judicial Division, murdered His Royal Majesty, Oba Gbadebo Ibitoye Olowoselu ll, the Onise of Odo Oro Ekiti in the Ikole Local Government Area of Ekiti State.”

The state counsel, Adegboyega Morakinyo, called five witnesses and tendered a medical report, statements of the convict, a knife and a rope, among others, as exhibits to prove his case. The convict on the other hand, spoke through his counsel, Tope Salami, and called no witness.

A Chief who testified in court, said; 

“We were at the palace on that day for the Onise-in-Council meeting around 7am. Before the commencement of the meeting, Ademola Omoniyi entered the palace and sat on kabiyesi’s seat, but the chiefs frowned on his action and drove him away.

“After the meeting, the late Onise, in the company of his male clerk, was trekking back to the main palace when Ademola came out of his hiding and attacked kabiyesi with a knife on the road and stabbed him to death. Before that day, he had been parading himself as the king of the town.”

Ruling on the case, Justice Olukayode Ogundana dispelled the claim that the defendant was insane.

Ogundana said; 

“Consequently, the defendant, Omoniyi Ademola Stephen, is hereby sentenced to death and shall be hanged until he breathes his last”

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