Justice Adedotun Onibokun of the Osun State High Court in Ile-Ife on Wednesday sentenced one Fatai Jimoh and his wife, Lateefat, to death by hanging for murder.
Delivering judgment, Onibokun said the prosecutor had proven his case beyond any reasonable doubt, adding that the convicts were guilty of the three-count charge of murder, conspiracy and armed robbery.
The judge consequently sentenced the couple to death by hanging for the murder of one Bukola Taiwo at Ikeketu Village near Garage Olode in Ife South Local Government Area of Osun State on August 12, 2009.
The Prosecutor and State Counsel, Moses Faremi, had earlier told the court that the deceased was strangulated by the couple in her rented room and her head was smashed with a sledge hammer.
Faremi said that after killing the deceased, who was a palm oil seller from Ibadan, Oyo State, the convicts stole her wallet containing the sum of N48,780.
Faremi said the offence was contrary to Section (1) 316 Law of Osun State and the Robbery and Firearms (special provision) Act, Cap R11 Law of Federation of Nigeria 2000.
The convicts were arraigned on a three-count charge of murder, conspiracy and armed robbery.
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