Court has convicted and sentenced three of the eight accused persons alleged to have raped and murdered a 24-year-old 300 level student of the University of Ilorin, Olajide Blessing Omowumi on June 2, 2021.

While one of them got life imprisonment, two were sent to three years jail term each. Three other suspects were set free having been discharged by the court.

The suspects are Abdulazeez Ismail, Ajala Moses Oluwatimileyin (aka Jacklord), Oyeyemi Timileyin Omogbolahan, Abdulkarim Shuaib (aka Easy), Kareem Oshioyemi Rasheed (Rashworld), Abdullateef Abdulrahman, Daud Bashir Adebayo (aka Bashman) and Akande Taiye Oladoja.

They were brought before the court by the Kwara State Government in suit No KWS/33c/c/2021 on 11 counts bordering on armed robbery, illegal possession of firearms and rape.

Delivering his judgment, Justice Ibrahim Adebayo Yusuf of the Kwara State High Court, Ilorin on Tuesday ruled that the trio were found guilty of culpable homicide punishable with death. He said they were also found guilty of conspiracy to commit robbery and conspiracy to murder.

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