An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti division, on Monday, sentenced a 26-year-old man, Dele Ojo, to death by hanging for killing the owner of a farm where he was stealing tubers of yam.

Justice Abiodun Adesodun, in the court judgment, said, “The circumstances of this case do not allow for recommendation of clemency to the governor on behalf of the accused.

“Therefore, the defendant is sentenced to death by hanging. May the Lord have mercy on his soul.”

The convict was said to have committed the offence on September 13, 2018, at Iroko Ekiti, in the Ijero area of Ekiti State.

The police said he murdered the farmer owner, Ajayi Adewole, contrary to Section 319 of the Criminal Code Law, Cap.C16, Laws of Ekiti State, 2012.

An eyewitness, who was with the deceased, said, “The defendant had been stealing the deceased’s yam for a long time. But on the fateful day, the deceased went to hide in the farm in order to arrest the culprit.

“Around 2am, he saw the defendant carrying a hunting lamp on his head, pretending to be hunting and started uprooting yam. The deceased shouted his name; to evade arrest, he shot the deceased at close range and ran away. He was rushed to the Ijero Ekiti Specialist Hospital, where he was confirmed dead.”

The prosecutor, Mr Olawale Fapohunda, who is the Attorney General of Ekiti State, called four witnesses, including the Investigating Police Officer and a medical doctor, to prove his case.

The exhibits tendered in court included a locally-made gun, photographs of the deceased, five tubers of yam, and the confessional statements of the defendant, among others.

The defendant testified in his own defence through his lawyer, Mr Yinka Oyeleke, and called no witness.

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he who kill shall be prosecuted under the law

Fair enough
You kill and you get killed

Red handed oya straight to the pit

Deserved fate

Fair judgement

Death by hanging is an excruciating way to die. With the noose around his neck slowly asphyxiating him to death; and his eyes threatening to pull out from his socket, you can't help but feel that he deserves it.

He should take solace that he died paying for his crimes unlike his victim Mr Ajayi

Kill and get killed.
Tit for tat

He should be hanged by the scrotum.

He killed a fellow over tubers of yam... na wah sef.

I fear thieves because they are potential killers.God have mercy on him even though he deserves no pity.

Send him to the other side ASAP abeg

Good judgement

What about those notorious fulanis that are killing farmers too?

But you can't sentence Fulani herdsmen that have been killing your citizens to death?

Verdict: Eye for eye.



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What a stupid farmer/owner
Did he think d thief will just surrender at the mention of his name?
He even knew d thief had a gun

The mind of man is desperately wicked indeed

See the result of crime, Crime never pays but they think it is an empty talk, Lord JESUS I pray that you will expose those people behind my ordeal. They are so heartless to the point of scamming innocent people already suffering hardship to survive. I believe that GOD in his justice will expose them to their surprise

kill and be killed
that suppose to be the norms
no pardon,no chance to repent
for u to kill a human being like u and not feel any form of remorse that shows the person can never change again so is better to get rid of them from the society

Why not reintegrate him into society, dats what buhari likes... Ohhh, hes not fulani

An eye for an eye

My concern now is that who will eat that tubers of yam admitted as exhibit? Is it going to rotten away just like that? Hmm life no balance.

Iceyjayz:
What about those notorious fulanis that are killing farmers too?

So they should not kill him because of fulani herdsmen right?

swiz123:
Death by hanging is an excruciating way to die. With the noose around his neck slowly asphyxiating him to death; and his eyes threatening to pull out from his socket, you can't help but feel that he deserves it.

He should take solace that he died paying for his crimes unlike his victim Mr Ajayi

Are you a forensic histopathologist?

Use him for corona vaccine trials first