A High Court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State, on Tuesday, December 13, sentenced three persons to de@th by h@nging for r@ping and k#lling a 24-year-old University of Ilorin student, Olajide Blessing Omowumi.
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.
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.
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 held that the gang had the intention of th£ft and r@pe without intention to k#ll, however, added that 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 them.
