Court Gives Verdict On Staff Who Killed His 89-Year Old Employer, Her Daughter In Lagos
Faith Ukanwa
Mar 28, 2023
Court Gives Verdict On Staff Who Killed His 89-Year Old Employer, Her Daughter In Lagos
An Ikeja High Court has sentenced a domestic staff, Joseph Ogbu, to death by hanging for killing his employer, an 89-year-old woman, Ajoke John and her daughter, Oreoluwa in Lagos State.
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NAN reports that Justice Modupe Nicole-Clay held on Monday that the prosecution had sufficiently proven the 3-count charge bordering on murder and armed robbery against the convict.
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Nicole-Clay held that the defendant confessed to the crime as he self-confessed living with the deceased and he was the only witness of the incident.
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Nicole-Clay said;
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"He killed Adejoke by strangling her and Oreoluwa by stabbing her to death as defence didn't raise objection to the admissibility of the confessional statement, there's no doubt that the defendant confessed to the crimes.
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"The defendant couldn't give an explanation as to what he was doing with all the stolen items he was found with at about 2 am on the date he was arrested.
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"This court has found Joseph Ogbu guilty of these heinous crimes and you're hereby sentenced to death by hanging. May God have mercy on your soul."
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The convict, while gesticulating, begged the court for mercy.
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He said in pidgin English, "the mama no die for my presence. I beg for mercy."
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— Faith Ukanwa