Man found guilty of murder in Ekiti, to die by hanging

Ismailia Mohammed Ojo was found guilty of murdering Kareem Adu in an argument over ownership of a Hajue motorcycle and was sentenced to death by hanging by a high court in the state of Ekiti.

The one-count charge of murder against Mohammed was upheld, and Justice Olusegun Ogunyemi found him guilty. Infractions of this law, which are punishable under section 319 of the Criminal Code Law Cap C16 Law of Ekiti State 2012, are in violation of section 316.

Inspector Arowosola Tunde, who was the Prosecution Witness1 (PW1), reported that one Mrs. Agnes Adu rushed to the station with the complaint that her husband had been killed at Odo-Uro by Mohammed over an ownership dispute and physical tussle in respect to a Hajue motorcycle. Mrs. Agnes Adu’s husband had been killed by Mohammed over an ownership dispute and physical tussle in respect to a Hajue motorcycle.

She asserted that the defendant was responsible for the decedent’s death by choking.

Given that the defendant came to the state C.I.D. to report himself in relation to the case, the incident was charged to court for prosecution upon the adduced evidence of the possible commission of the crime. This was done based on the evidence of the possible commission of the crime.

This information is in addition to the facts and figures that emerged from the preliminary investigations conducted by Inspectors Arowosola Tunde, Lasisi Bashiru, and Adewusi Adefisayo of the Police and the Criminal Investigation Department separately.

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According to the judgment, “the PW2, (i.e. Inspector Lasis Bashiru, A.P. Number 237442 of the state C.I.D., Ado Ekiti, Homicide Section), said: “the Defendant confessed to the crime, that on 13/5/2018, when he was taking his bath inside a bathroom, Kareem Adu, the deceased, came to carry a motorcycle which he parked in front of his house.”

“The Defendant added that after he took a bath, he went to the house of the deceased and found him sleeping. He then jerked him with his cloth on his neck until he passed out and then left the house.

The defendant, on the other hand, asserted that he neither intended nor caused the death of the deceased, stating that this was due to the fact that the two of them fought without the use of any weapons or hard objects.

In spite of this, the judge who presided over the case, Justice O.I.O. Ogunyemi, decided that the defendant should be executed by hanging after carefully considering and weighing the evidence presented in court by both the prosecution’s witnesses and the defendant’s own witnesses.

The judge stated his conclusion, “It is my finding that the defendant caused the death of the deceased by holding and pressing his neck and throat,” and went on to explain his reasoning.

“In general, I find the defendant guilty of the charges against them.

“The defendant is hereby sentenced to be hanged on the neck until the day that you die.”