The Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti, has sentenced one Ayodeji Alomoge to death by hanging for killing his wife’s lover.
The 28-year-old was arraigned before Justice Jubril Aladejana in April 2023 on one count charge bordering on murder.
The father of the deceased, Ige Ogunleye, in his statement to the police, said, ‘’My wife called me on phone around 12:30 am, crying profusely. I asked her what happened, she said Ayomide has been beaten to pulp by Alomoge and his gang, I rushed down to the place, I met my son in the pool of his own blood with various degrees of injury on the head and mouth. I also met Alomoge been held by some people and I asked him the reason for his action, he said, the deceased had been having affairs with his wife and he had warned him to desist or else he would kill him.
‘’I took him to a nearby hospital and later to the University Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Kwara State, where he later died,’’ he said.
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The police prosecutor, Kunle-Shina Adeyemo, called five witnesses to proof his case and tendered the defendant’s statements, pictures of the deceased and medical report of the cause of his death as exhibits.
The defendant’s lawyer, Adeyinka Opaleke, called no witness but pleaded with the court to temper justice with mercy.
In his judgment, Justice Jubril Aladejana warned that rivalry between men over the affection of a woman should not be a ground to justify provocation.
‘’I consequently find the defendant guilty of murder charge against him and therefore convicted him as charged.
‘’The judgment of this court upon you is that ‘’Ayodeji Alomoge shall be hanged by his neck until he died.’’
