A Lagos State High Court in Igbosere has sentenced a Béninoise cook, Sunday Adefonou Anani, to life imprisonment for the murder of the Chief Executive Officer of Credit Switch Ltd, Ope Bademosi.
Anani was convicted and sentenced having pleaded guilty to a one-count charge of voluntary manslaughter. He confessed to the court that he stabbed Bademosi to death in his Ikoyi, Lagos home, while trying to rob him.
He was earlier charged with a two-count charge of murder and armed robbery which could have fetched him a sentence of death by hanging on conviction, but he struck a plea bargain deal with the Lagos State Government soon after the trial commenced.
Delivering judgment on Tuesday, the presiding judge, Justice Mobolanle Okikiolu-Ighile, upheld the plea bargain and sentenced the convict to life imprisonment.
Join Daily Trust WhatsApp Community For Quick Access To News and Happenings Around You.
