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Home » Crime Watch » BIZARRE: Pastor, accomplice face death over beheading of seven-year-old for ritual

BIZARRE: Pastor, accomplice face death over beheading of seven-year-old for ritual

Bartholomew Madukwe by Bartholomew Madukwe
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BIZARRE: Pastor, accomplice face death over beheading of seven-year-old for ritual
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A pastor, Erinmole Adetokunbo, and his accomplice, Adedoyin Oyekanmi, have been sentenced to death, by a Lagos State Special Offences Court sitting at Ikeja, for killing a seven-year-old boy in the Ikorodu area of the state.

 

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The trial judge, Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo gave the verdict after the defendants changed their pleas from not guilty to guilty.

 

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The men were arraigned on October 30, 2017, before the Lagos State High Court on two counts bordering on conspiracy and murder.

 

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According to the charge sheet, Oyekanmi and Adetokunbo, on June 7, 2017, on Oke Oniburokun Street, Odokekere, Ikorodu, conspired to murder a seven-year-old boy, Kazeem Rafiu.

 

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They were said to have beheaded Rafiu and buried the head around the church’s altar, while the body was kept in a canal.

 

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Adetokunbo was later apprehended by residents. He was said to have confessed to the crime, naming Oyekanmi as his accomplice.

 

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The duo led a team of policemen to the church, where the victim’s remains were recovered.

 

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After four years of being remanded in prison, the state re-arraigned the convicts before the special offences court on September 21, 2021, as the trial commenced.

 

At the resumption of trial for the prosecutor to present another witness to prove the allegations against the convicts, the court was informed by the state counsel, Mrs O. A. Bajulaiye, and the defence counsel, Ms Anthonia Otsokwa, that the men had decided to change their pleas.

 

Subsequently, the judge ordered their pleas to be taken.

 

The charges were read to them in Yoruba and they pleaded guilty to the two counts.

 

The state counsel, Mrs O. A. Bajulaiye, thereafter reviewed the facts of the case and urged the court to convict them accordingly.

 

While begging for mercy, the defence counsel, Ms Anthonia Otsokwa, told the court that the convicts had realised their offence and were remorseful for the death of the child.

 

In her judgement, Justice Taiwo noted that the case was a pathetic one as the defendants conspired and killed a child by cutting off his head for ritual purposes.

 

The judge said, “These defendants have committed a heinous crime and deserve no mercy. They have cruelly and intentionally killed a seven-year-old boy, depriving him and his family of a bright destiny.

 

“Section 222 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State imposes the death penalty for premeditated murder and I have no hesitation in imposing the said punishment.

 

“I hereby sentence Adedoyin Oyekanmi and Erinwole Adetokunbo to death for killing Kazeem Rafiu. May God have mercy on your souls.”

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