An Ogun State High Court sitting in Abeokuta, on Monday, February 3, convicted and sentenced three persons to déath by hanging for kìlling a couple and their son.
The couple, Kehinde Fatinoye, a former staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) his wife, Bukola Fatinoye and son, Oreoluwa, were gruesomely múrdered on New Year’s Day in 2023.
The family had returned home after attending the 2022/2023 crossover service at the Christ Anglican Church Iporo-Ake, Abeokuta, Ogun State.
A few hours after the crossover into the New Year, the assailants, led by Bukola’s driver, stormed their semi-detached apartment, kìlled the couple and set their bodies on ablaze.
Their only surviving son, Oreoluwa, and a house help, Olorunyomi Felix, who they adopted, were tied with ropes and thrown into the Ogun River.The family was still healing from the deàth of Oluwatunmise, the younger of the two sons, who dìed in June 2022, while playing football.
Justice Basirat Adebowale sentenced the three suspects – Adekambi Lekan, who was the driver of the deceased; Odetola Ahmed and Adeniyi Waheed, after delivering a judgement which lasted for more than three hours.
The three were arraigned alongside Fadairo Temitope (wife of the first defendant); Adekambi Adenike, the mother; Owolaja Aanuoluwapo; Usman Azeez, Abass Odetola and Adewusi Lukman.
They were arraigned for a 24-count charge including conspiracy to commit armed robbery, conspiracy, m8rder, arson, escape from lawful custody, perverting the course of justice, and receiving stolen property among others.
Delivering the judgement, Justice Adebowale held that the prosecution proved its cases against three major defendants beyond a reasonable doubt.
The judge found them guilty of gruesomely múrdering the couple and the son before setting the corpses on fire.
Adebowale also held that in the manner with which the convicts múrdered the couple and the son, they didn’t not deserve the mercy of the court as prayed by their lawyers.
