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| Akolade Arowolo |
February 21, 2014: Three years after he was accused of killing Titilayo, his banker wife, Akolade Arowolo was sentenced to death by hanging.
The trial judge, Justice Lateefa Okunnu of an Ikeja High Court found Arowolo guilty on one-count of murder.
Arowolo was arraigned on December 21, 2011, before Justice Okunnu, on a one- count charge of murder, which he pleaded not guilty.
The Lagos State Director of Public Prosecution, DPP, Olabisi Ogungbesan, who personally conducted the case, had alleged that the accused murdered Titilayo, a banker, on June 24, 2011 at their residence, No. 8, Akindeinde Street, Isolo, Lagos.
The deceased relatives, including her father, George Oyakhire, and her step-mother, Adetoun, had testified that Mr. Arowolo’s marriage was characterised by domestic violence. These evidences were corroborated by the police investigators who buttressed the position before the court.
Also, the state brought Professor John Obafunwa, a Consultant Pathologist and Chief Medical Examiner of Lagos State, to testify that Titilayo was stabbed 76 times.
The accused, who opened his defence on May 22, 2013, however, denied the allegation, blaming his in-laws for the trouble in his marriag
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-Lawyers, activists applaud death sentence
Legal practitioners and anti domestic violence campaigners have been speaking on the death sentence passed on Akolade Arowolo, who was found guilty of killing his banker wife, Titilayo Omozoje, on Friday, February 21, 2013, by a Lagos High Court.
After 32 months of trial for murder of his wife, the Lagos High Court, Ikeja, Lagos, presided over by Justice Lateefat Okunnu finally sealed the fate of Arowolo as he was found guilty of one-count charge of murder and sentenced to death by hanging.
Some of the lawyers we spoke to applauded the judgment. Constitutional lawyer and human rights activist, Barrister Fred Agbaje believes the judgment was not too harsh since there were glaring evidence to back up the claim. “The judgment is in order, it is not too harsh since it followed the letter of the law. A man who kills with glaring evidence should face the consequences. There are overwhelming evidences that support the fact that he actually did it, the law had followed its course. However, the Court of Appeal might review the case if the convict decides to appeal the judgment just as the case of Al Mustapha. A man who kills deserves to die. This is a victory for those who are advocating against domestic violence. You cannot kill y
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Pastor who stabbed wife lxx six former bags contract killing sentence
A pubescence pastor grow mouldy the Redeem Christian Cathedral of Demiurge (RCCG), Akolade Arowolo, has been sentenced to expire by decoration for interpretation murder detail his banker wife, Titilayo.
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