Go And Die By Hanging, Court Orders Domestic Staff Who Killed 89-Year-Old Grandma, Daughter

A Lagos State High Court in Ikeja, presided over by Justice Modupe Nicole-Clay, today, sentenced to death by hanging, a domestic staff, Joseph Ogbu, for killing his employer, an 89-year-old grandmother, Ajoke and her daughter, Oreoluwa, in their home in Lagos.

The judge arrived at the decision after finding him guilty on a three-count charge of armed robbery and murder made against him by the Lagos State Government, LASG.

It would be recalled that Ogbu was alleged to have committed the offence on June 19, 2019, by killing Adejoke John by strangulation and stabbing Oreoluwa to death.

According to the LASG, Ogbu, while armed with a knife, robbed Adejoke John of her Toyota Camry Saloon car with Registration No. FST 104 CW, LG plasma TV, motorway handset, one Gionee handset, one Nokia phone, one i-Tel Phone and one power bank.

The state government further stated that the incident took place at 4, Ogunlana Drive, Surulere area of the state at 9:30 p.m, with an addition that the defendant killed Oreoluwa John by stabbing her to death while armed with a knife, robbed the deceased of her car, phones, and Plasma TV.

But Ogbu pleaded not guilty to the charge when he was arraigned on October 22, 2019, on a three-count charge of armed robbery and murder, contrary to Section 222 and 297 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, 2015.

In handing down her judgment, Justice Nicole-Clay declared that Ogbu confessed to the crime.

The judge held that: "He killed one Adejoke by strangling her to death, and one Oreoluwa by stabbing her to death.

“I have considered the evidence of the security guard, an okada man, one Yahya Ibrahim, the house help and a police Inspector.”

In positing that the convict admitted to living with them, and he was the only witness of the incident, the judge held that the defendant did not object to the admissibility of the confessional statement.

“There's no doubt that the defendant confessed to the crimes. The defendant could not explain what he was doing with all the stolen items he was found with at about 2:00 a.m. on the date he was arrested.

“The evidence is shown to the satisfaction of this court, and the court has established guilt against the defendant. He is hereby guilty as charged.

“You are hereby sentenced to death by hanging. May God have mercy on your soul."

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