“I therefore pronounce the first defendant guilty as charged on the counts of conspiracy to commit murder and murder. “I hereby pronounce the sentence of the court upon you Saheed Arogundade – that you be hanged from the neck until you are dead. PW2 (second prosecution witness) Lukman, the commercial motorcyclist who was with the deceased, described the person who stabbed the deceased. His evidence is not sufficient to convict the second to the sixth defendant. “The court believes he was not being truthful when he roped the sixth defendant into the crime, as he is not a member of NURTW,” she said.

Source: Punch February 06, 2019 19:07 UTC