Three persons have been sentenced to death by an Ondo State
High Court for killing Mrs. Funke Olakurin, the daughter of the leader of
Afenifere, a pan-Yoruba socio-political organization, Pa Reuben Fasoranti.
The convicts Muhammed Shehu, Mazaje Lawal, Adamu Adamu, who
were also accused of killing a hunter in the forest were found guilty of all
the count charges brought against them.
The trial judge, Justice Williams Rotimi Olamide in his
verdict sentenced them to death by hanging or firing squad on charges bothering
on conspiracy to kill, murder, kidnapping, and armed robbery.
On July 12, 2019, the 58-year-old Olakurin was headed to
Akure, Ondo State, from Lagos when she was attacked and shot by the armed
herdsmen on the Benin-Sagamu expressway.
After months of tracking and investigation, the killers were
arrested on April 6, 2020, by men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the
Nigeria Police Force.
Meanwhile, the fourth suspect, Auwalu Abubakar, who was
accused of aiding and abetting, was discharged by the judge.
Justice Olamide who commiserated with the victim’s family
urged the government to urgently do something about the growing insecurity
situation in the country which he said had led to many paying the supreme
price.
Good, please do not let the perpetrators of owo massacre stay that long before facing justice. But let them confess those who sent them.
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