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.
The News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN) reports that 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 deterrent to
others.
Gbolagunte advised
parents to always monitor their children to prevent them from misbehaving.
Olawale had earlier
told 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
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