Crime
30-yr-old man sentenced to death for killing his boss, one other
A Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on Tuesday, July 11, sentenced a 30-year-old man, Vincent Jeffrey Ehizojie, to death by hanging for killing his employer, Olusola Olusoga, the owner of Etashol Hotel and Suites and the manager of the hotel, Tunji Omikunle.
Delivering judgment, Justice Oyindamola Ogala held that the prosecution has proved its case beyond reasonable doubts.
Vincent, who at the time of the crime was working as a supervisor in the hotel, was arraigned before the court on a two-count charge bordering on murder.
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The court heard that Ehizojie committed the offence on January 25, 2019 at about 3 a.m. at 42, Budland Street, Ojodu-Berger, Lagos where the hotel was located.
He was said to had conspired with other persons still at large, to steal from the hotel manager and owner but ended up strangling them to death.
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