A Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin has convicted and sentenced three of the eight accused persons alleged to have raped and murdered a 24-year-old 300 level student of the University of Ilorin, Olajide Blessing Omowumi on June 2, 2021 to death by hanging.
Three others were discharged and acquainted while one bagged life imprisonment for his involvement in the crime. The remaining two were sentenced to three years in jail each.
The suspects are Abdulazeez Ismail, Ajala Moses Oluwatimileyin (aka Jacklord), Oyeyemi Timileyin Omogbolahan, Abdulkarim Shuaib (aka Easy), Kareem Oshioyemi Rasheed (Rashworld), Abdullateef Abdulrahman, Daud Bashir Adebayo (aka Bashman) and Akande Taiye Oladoja.
They were brought before the court by the Kwara State Government in suit No KWS/33c/c/2021 on 11 counts bordering on armed robbery, illegal possession of firearms and rape.
In the judgment made by Justice Ibrahim Adebayo Yusuf on Tuesday, the trio were found guilty of culpable homicide punishable with death, conspiracy to commit robbery and conspiracy to murder. (New Telegraph)