Ondo court sentences man to d3ath for k!lling his roommate during fight over closing of door

An Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure has sentenced a middle-aged man, Sunday Omoniyi, to d3ath by hanging for stabbing for killing his roommate, Michael Oyebanji, during a fight over the closing of door. Omoniyi was arraigned on a one-count charge of m8rder contrary to Section 316 and punishable under Section 319 of the Criminal Code, Cap 37, Vol. 1, Laws of Ondo State of Nigeria 2006. One of the prosecution witnesses, Ismaila Adefaka, told the court that both the defendant and the deceased were his tenants. He said that the incident occurred on July 23, 2022 at about 6:30am at 4, Canaanland, Ijoka Road in Akure. Adefaka said that he suddenly heard noises which forced him to trace the uproar to the defendants apartment where he met the deceased in the pool of his blood, reportedly st@bbed by the defendant with a knife on his chest.  He added that he lodged a formal complaint to the police after the deceased was confirmed d3ad at the hospital. Adedeji Gift, Adedugbe Opeyemi and Aremu Opeyemi who were co-occupants with both the defendant and the deceased separately told the court that the defendant and the deceased had an argument that morning over closing of the door, but the argument was resolved for them. The witnesses stated that after they had left the room, they suddenly heard the deceaseds voice and rushed back into the room, only to meet him on the floor in the pool of his blood and the defendant with a knife in his hand stained with blood. According to Adedugbe Opeyemi, the defendant confessed to have st@bbed the deceased in retaliation for a fist blow on him by the late Oyebanjil. Police prosecutor, Inspector Fisayo Oladepo, told the court that following his arrest, Omoniyi Sunday confessed in a statement to have committed the offence. In his judgement, Justice W.R. Olamide said that the prosecution successfully proved the case of murder against the defendant and sentenced the defendant to d3ath by hanging. The post Ondo court sentences man to d3ath for k!lling his roommate during fight over closing of door appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.