Ondo State High Court Sentences Man To Death By Hanging
An Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure has sentenced a man, Chukwudi Onweniwe, to death by hanging for the murder of his undergraduate girlfriend two years ago.
Onweniwe, a boyfriend had strangled to death, his girlfriend, Nifemi Adeyeoye, an HND student of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic in Owo, Ondo State.
After reviewing the case, the presiding judge, Justice Ademola Bola, found Onweniwe guilty of murder and sentenced him to death by hanging.
The convict was charged on a four-count charge bordering on endangering life, abduction, rape, and murder.
The prosecutor, Jumoke Ogunjebi, who filed the charge on February 20, 2017, brought in five witnesses including the mother of the deceased, to testify against the convict.
The convict kidnapped Nifemi and took her to a farm near Alayere, Ogbese, raped her and then snuffed life out of her by strangling her to death.
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