OSUN COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH FOR KILLING 62-YEAR-OLD WOMAN AT PALM OIL FACTORY
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By Aishat Momoh. O.
An Osun State High Court sitting in Ile-Ife has sentenced a 30-year-old man, Taiwo Agboola, to death for the murder of a 62-year-old woman, Jadesola Olubayo, at a palm oil processing factory in Ife South Local Government Area of the state.
The incident occurred on October 11, 2023, at a palm oil processing site located at Amula River in Olokemeji Village, Ifetedo.
Agboola was arraigned on a three-count charge of attempted rape, indecent assault on a female, and murder contrary to Sections 359, 360, and 319(1) of the Criminal Code, Cap. 34, Laws of Osun State, 2002.
He was first arraigned on November 7, 2024, and during the trial, the prosecution called four witnesses, while the defendant testified in his own defence without calling any additional witness.
Delivering judgment on Friday, Justice Adedapo Adeniji held that the prosecution had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt and consequently found the defendant guilty of murder.
“The prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt and consequently find the defendant guilty of murder,” the judge ruled.
According to the prosecution team from the Osun State Ministry of Justice, led by Ajibola Alade and Omotayo Babalola, the deceased, a 62-year-old woman, was accompanied to the factory by her granddaughter, Latifat Adeyemo, when the attack occurred.
Adeyemo told the court that Agboola suddenly appeared at the site, stripped himself naked, and attacked the two women, causing panic as they attempted to flee.
She further testified that the defendant chased them, overpowered the deceased, and later assaulted her after she ran to seek help from the factory owner, Ajide Bashiru.
According to her account, when she returned to the scene, she found that Agboola had stripped the deceased naked and attacked her with stones and sticks, resulting in her death.
She added that the defendant initially escaped but was later arrested near the scene and handed over to the police.
Defence counsel, Oluwaseun Akintola Philip-Idiok and Victoria Ugochi Layi-Jacob, had pleaded for leniency.
In his judgment, Justice Adeniji sentenced Agboola to 14 years imprisonment for attempted rape, two years for indecent assault, and death by hanging for murder.
Meanwhile, in a related development, a Gombe State High Court recently sentenced an 18-year-old, Mustapha Isah, to death by hanging for culpable homicide after finding him guilty beyond reasonable doubt.
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