Seven young men have been sentenced to death by hanging and life imprisonment by an Ondo state High Court

Seven young men have been sentenced to death by hanging and life imprisonment by an Ondo state High Court sitting in Akure for killing an American based man, Banji Adafin.

In one of their operations, the armed robbers that invaded the No. 5 Temidire street, Muyiwa Oni Avenue along Akure\Owo expressway residence of One Banji Adafin who recently travelled back from an overseas trip had killed him in cold blood in the presence of his wife and then carted away their properties.

The Seven convicted persons: Jimoh Sodiq a.k.a Akamo, Blessing Ogunlade, Yomi Balogun a.k.a Regal, Oluwaseun Oluwalola a.k.a Iyan, Akeem Adedayo, Oso John Omoniyi a.k.a Bosco and Sodiq Babatunde, were found guilty of armed robbery, conspiracy to commit murder and for illegal possession of firearms.

Delivering the judgement that lasted four hours, the trial judge, Justice Samuel Bola (MD) held that the prosecuting counsel and officials of the Department of state services, DSS had proved beyond reasonable doubt that the seven young men robbed and used gun to kill the deceased Banji Adafin at his home on Owo expressway in Akure on 4th of July last year.

Leke Adegbite