A 200 level student of Lead City University, Ibadan, Moshood Owolabi, is
to die by hanging for stabling his fellow student to death.
Delivering judgment on Wednesday, Justice Adegboye Gbolagunte of an
Ibadan High Court sentenced Owolabi to death by hanging for causing the death
of one Seun Kolawole, two years ago.
Owolabi of the Physical and Health Education Department caused the death
of Kolawole by stabbing him with a bottle.
Gbolagunte said the counsel prosecuting the case, Mr A. Olawale, a Deputy
Director in the Oyo State Ministry of Justice had proved the case beyond
reasonable doubt.
The judge said that the evidence before him showed that the accused
committed the offence as charged.
He ruled that the accused should be sentenced to death by hanging to
serve as a deterrent to others.
Gbolagunte advised parents to always monitor their children to prevent
them from misbehaving.
Olawale had earlier told the court that the convict stabbed Kolawole with
a broken bottle in the neck, following a misunderstanding between him and the
deceased.
He said that the injury sustained as a result of the stabbing resulted to
the death of Kolawole.
Olawale said that the incident happened on Jan. 12, 2014 at toll-gate
area of Ibadan.
The offence is punishable under Section 319 of the Criminal Code Cap. 38
Vol. II Law of Oyo State 2000.
(NAN)
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