Two safety guards sentenced to demise by hanging in Ondo

An Ondo State Excessive Court docket has sentenced two males, Tasur Abubakar and Ayuba Idris to demise by hanging for theft and homicide.

The court docket additionally discovered the duo responsible of conspiracy and sentenced every to seven years imprisonment.

The 2 males have been introduced earlier than the court docket over the killing of Mr Kwaku Richard Kwakye and his 27-year-old daughter, Tope Kwakye, of their house on Might 1, 2019, at Ojomo Akintan Property, Olufoam in Akure.

The duo, who have been the safety guards of the deceased, had confessed to killing the daddy and the daughter with motorbike cables beneath the affect of tramadol and different harmful medicine, revealing that they strangled them to demise.

The State Counsel, John Dada, mentioned the 2 males, Idris, 24, and Abubakar, 27, have been charged to court docket on 5 counts.

In 2019, they have been arrested by detectives from the State police command over the killing of Kwaku Kwakye and his daughter, Tope Kwakye.

They have been instantly charged to court docket on 5 counts starting from conspiracy, armed theft, and homicide.

He mentioned their offences contravened Sections 6(b),(1,2)(a)&(b),324,319, 319(1) of the Theft and Firearms (Particular Provisions) Act, Cap11, Quantity 14, Legal guidelines of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.

Justice Williams Olamide, in his judgment, pronounced the 2 convicts responsible of the fees towards them by the police and sentenced them to demise by hanging.

Two safety guards sentenced to demise by hanging in Ondo