Browsing: ABeokuta High Court

Pronouncing judgement, Justice Patricia Oduniyi said that the prosecution proved it case beyond reasonable doubt.

Justice Ayokunle Rotimi-Balogun delivering her judgment held that all the evidence tendered had convinced the court beyond reasonable doubt that Ibrahim committed the offences as charged.

At their trial, Lekan Akinola, 40, and Dare Sowunmi, 27, had pleaded not guilty to the two counts of conspiracy and armed robbery levelled against them.

The Chief Judge of Ogun, Justice Mosunmola Dipeolu, convicted Owolabi on a count of murder.

Obiakor, who had pleaded not guilty to a one-count charge, was convicted for forcefully having sexual intercourse with the 11-year-old.

Kuti, who was arraigned on a two-count charge of conspiracy and armed robbery, had pleaded not guilty to the charge.