A Kwara State High Court, presided over by Justice Adebayo Yusuf has sentenced three artisans to death by hanging for causing the death of Saheed Lawal, a fellow Artisan in Offa, Offa local government area of Kwara state.
The three convicts: Isiaka Jimoh, Lekan Ahmed, and Adebayo Saheed who were mechanic at Amuyo area, Offa were found guilty by the Court for causing the death of one Saheed Lawal and were to die by hanging.
The three Artisans were prosecuted by the Kwara state Ministry of Justice for causing the death of Saheed on November 5, 2020, at a mechanic workshop near Government Day Secondary School in the Amuyo Area of Offa in Offa local government area of the State.
The trio were tried on a four count charge filed before the Court
on February 9, 2022, by the Kwara State Director of Public Prosecutions, Ayoola Akande.
They were tried for conspiracy and culpable homicide punishable by death.
According to the charge sheet, the defendants were alleged to have conspired to commit culpable homicide, punishable by death under Section 221 of the Penal Code, CAP. P4, Laws of Kwara State.
They were also accused of attempting to commit culpable homicide by pouring hot red pepper into the ears of another artisan, Hamzat Ibrahim, at the same workshop in Offa.
Delivering judgement in the case, Justice Yusuf who sat at High Court number 8 in Kwara state High Court premises, GRA in Ilorin said that the prosecution called eight (8) witnesses during the trial of the case while the defendants testified on their own behalf and called three (3) additional witnesses.
The Court heard that “on the day of the incident, Saheed Lawal, a motor mechanic whose workshop was located at the address mentioned, was alleged by the first and second convicts (Isiaka Jimoh and Lekan Ahmed) to have stolen Motor oil.
In his judgment, Justice Yusuf stated that from the evidence before the Court, the three defendants were responsible for the death of Saheed Lawal who was a co-artisan with the defendants at the same workshop in Offa.
He however sentenced the three defendants to death by hanging until they breathe their last breath.
Credit: Curious TV
