Court sentences man to death for killing neighbour in Kwara

Date: 2023-08-03

Justice S. M. Akanbi of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin has sentenced one Mohammed Kazeem Beiwa to death for the murder of his neighbour identified as Olokose Ojo Olushola in Ilorin a few days before his wedding in 2021.

The court also handed down 10 years imprisonment and a N100,000 fine each to his two other accomplices; Madu Jeremiah and Mohammed Chatta while the fourth defendant, Jimoh Abdulateef was set free by the Court for lack of diligent prosecution.

The four accused persons were facing prosecution before the court on eight count charges having been accused of criminal conspiracy, kidnapping, culpable homicide, illegal possession of firearms, and illegal removal of human parts.

The prosecution led by the former Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice of Kwara State, Senior Ibrahim Sulyman alleged that the four accused persons attacked and kidnapped the victim Olokose Ojo Olushola in his house a few days before his wedding in Ilorin and killed him sometime in 2021.

The accused persons after kidnapping, killing, and dismembering the victim, also negotiated for payment of ransom for his release from the family knowing he was dead already, the prosecution told the court at the trial.

The prosecution at the trial of the case called nine witnesses and tendered several exhibits before the court.

Delivering judgment in the case on Monday, Justice Akanbi found three of the accused persons guilty of four of the criminal charges leveled against them.

He affirmed that “The defendants had caused the death of one Olokose Ojo Olushola sometime in March 2021, a couple of days before the deceased's wedding ceremony.

“The body was mutilated and despite knowing of the death of the said Olushola Olokose, the defendants still demanded ransom from the family of the deceased making it appear their victim was alive and held hostage by kidnappers.

“The first defendant Mohammed Kazeem Beiwa who masterminded the horrific tragedy and was also a neighbour of the deceased was sentenced to death by hanging life imprisonment, and 10 years imprisonment with N100,000 fine on different counts.”

Source

 


Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Cornelius Adebayo     Share-Tsaragi     Idowu Aremu     Wahab Issa     Abdulsalam Firdaous Amosa     Akom Construction And Engineering Synergy Ltd     Usman Alkali Baba     Tayo Alao     FOMWAN     Yeketi     Kawu     Olushola Saraki     Quareeb Islamic Association     Babatunde Ajeigbe     Noah Yusuf     Ishaq Oloyede     Akume     Sidikat Uthman Ajibola     Igbaja     Hausa     Olam Food Ingredients     Saduki Lafiagi     Abubakar Baba Sulaiman     Idofin     Bukola Saraki     Muhammad Ghali Alaaya     Kwara-SAPZ Project     Abdulrazaq Akorede     Abdullahi Dasilva Yussuf     Abubakar Lah     New Nigeria People’s Party     Abatemi Usman     Yaman     Saliu Mustapha     Kwara State Council Of Chiefs     Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq     Kwara Poly     Elesie Of Esie     Kwara TV     Ahmad Belgore     Mufutau Olatinwo     CACOVID     Iponrin     Babaita     Wahab Agbaje     Segun Abifarin     Jamila Bio Ibrahim     Saliu Tunde Bello     Theophilus Oyebiyi     NITDA     Salihu Jibril Garbi     Okoolowo     Aminu Adisa Logun     Abdulbaqi Jimoh     Lai Mohammed     Yetunde Balogun     Crystal Corner Shops     Adesoye     Oloye     Ekweremadu     Abubakar Abdullahi Bata     Shao     Saad Omo Iya     Amuda Musbau     KW-GIS     Balogin Alanamu     Kwara State Pension Board     Kumbi Titiloye     Funmi Salau     Savannah Centre For Diplomacy, Democracy And Development     Al-Ilory     Ilorin     Kamaldeen Gambari     Ajeigbe     Egbewole     Michael Nzwekwe     Chikanda    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Busari Toyin Isiaka     Kwara State Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Kwara State Health Insurance Agency     Smart School     Oyedepo     Kazeem Gbolagade     Kwarareports     Issa Memunat Moyosore     Okiki     Abdulmalik Bashir Mopelola Risikatullahi     Ibraheem Abdullateef     Lafiagi     Tope Daramola     Chikanda     Kayode Zubair     Ayobami Seriki     Funmilayo Mohammed     Kwara North     Arik     Jaiz Bank     Rafiu Olasile     Abdulrazaq Magaji     Umaru Saro     Dan Iya     Innocent Okoye     Busari Alabi Alausa     Tsaragi/Share     Babaloja-General     Alfa Modibo Belgore     Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke     Code Of Conduct Bureau     Adedipe     Florence Saraki     Adisa Logun     Alanamu     COVID-19 Palliatives     KWAFFA     Code Of Conduct     Ike Ekweremadu     Charles Ibitoye     Okedare     Ilorin Muslim Community     Shettima     AbdulRazaq Abubakar Jiddah     Sunday Popo-Ola     IYA ALFA NLA     Ilorin South Constituency     Femi Agbaje     Naira Redesign     Elesie Of Esie     Lukman Adeloyin     Kwara     Isiaka Saka Opobiyi     Saka Keji     Bankole Omisore     LEAH Charity Foundation     Omoniyi M. Ayinla     Gamji Members Association     Olatunji Moronfoye     Olota Of Odo-Owa     Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem     Funmilayo Braithwaite     Eghe Igbinehin     Lanre Olosunde     Yahaya Muhammad     Alapado     Ganmo Power Sub-Station     Garuba Alikinla Shittu     Pakata Development Association     Monthly Sanitation     T And K FOODS     Col. Taiwo     Alaro     Oniwasi Agbaye     Gbadeyan Gbadura Yomi     Ahmed Dankaya     Ibrahim Mohammed