An Ikeja High Court on Monday sentenced to death a 33-year-old man, Abiodun Allen, for killing his immediate younger brother, Wale, with a broken bottle.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Abiodun, who was first arraigned on October 6, 2015, was convicted of killing Wale by stabbing him in the throat and stomach.
Justice Raliatu Adebiyi, while convicting Abiodun, said that the prosecution had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt and all the necessary ingredients to secure a conviction for murder had been established.
The judge noted that the testimonies of the four prosecution witnesses (Mr Sunday Abogunrin who is a family friend of the convict and three police officers) corroborated the confessional statement of Abiodun to the police.
She noted that the convict during his testimony acted strangely and the defence never raised the defence of insanity.
The judge said that Abiodun might have been acting strangely to get a favourable sentence from the court.
Convicting Abiodun, the judge said, “Abiodun Allen is hereby found guilty of the murder of his brother Wale Allen, I so hold.”
Following his conviction, Allen’s defence counsel, Mrs Y. A Ajayi told the court that she was not going to give an allocutus (plea for mercy) on the defendant’s behalf.
Sentencing the convict, Justice Adebiyi noted that Section 221 gives a mandatory death sentence and does not give the court discretionary powers while meting out the sentence.
“Abiodun Allen having been found guilty of murder is hereby sentenced to death. May God the giver of life, have mercy on your soul,” she said.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Abiodun, who was first arraigned on October 6, 2015, was convicted of killing Wale by stabbing him in the throat and stomach.
Justice Raliatu Adebiyi, while convicting Abiodun, said that the prosecution had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt and all the necessary ingredients to secure a conviction for murder had been established.
The judge noted that the testimonies of the four prosecution witnesses (Mr Sunday Abogunrin who is a family friend of the convict and three police officers) corroborated the confessional statement of Abiodun to the police.
She noted that the convict during his testimony acted strangely and the defence never raised the defence of insanity.
The judge said that Abiodun might have been acting strangely to get a favourable sentence from the court.
Convicting Abiodun, the judge said, “Abiodun Allen is hereby found guilty of the murder of his brother Wale Allen, I so hold.”
Following his conviction, Allen’s defence counsel, Mrs Y. A Ajayi told the court that she was not going to give an allocutus (plea for mercy) on the defendant’s behalf.
Sentencing the convict, Justice Adebiyi noted that Section 221 gives a mandatory death sentence and does not give the court discretionary powers while meting out the sentence.
“Abiodun Allen having been found guilty of murder is hereby sentenced to death. May God the giver of life, have mercy on your soul,” she said.
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