Akolade was charged with stabbing his wife, a banker, to death on June 24, 2011 at their residence at 8, Akindeinde Street, Isolo, Lagos
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Delivering judgement on Friday in a case that had lasted over two years, Justice Lateefat Okunnu held that though there was no eyewitness to the incident, the circumstantial evidence adduced by the prosecution had proved the murder charge against the convict beyond all reasonable doubt
The date is contained in a Hearing Notice issued to the Prosecution and Defence counsel
Arowolo, 31, was arraigned on December 21, 2011 on a charge of unlawful killing of his wife by stabbing her several times, but pleaded innocence of the crime
The trial judge, Justice Lateefat Okunnu, fixed the date on Thursday due to Arowolo’s absence in court when the prosecution and the defence earlier adopted the addresses
Arowolo, 31, was charged to court for allegedly stabbing his wife, a banker, to death
The case was adjourned till September 17 for adoption of final written addresses
A consultant pathologist, John Obafunwa, stunned an Ikeja High Court, where the case has been running for months, when he disclosed that he examined 76 stab wounds on Titilayo Arowolo’s body