An high court sitting in Ede, Osun State has sentenced a herdsman to death for the alleged kidnap and murder of his father.
The accused, a middle-aged herdsman identified as Issa Ibrahim, alongside his accomplices – Lateef Bello, Abdulrahman Soliu, Bello Ibrahim, and Jolaanabi Saheed (alongside the mother of Jolaanabi – Ajibola Shared) were arraigned in court on October 28th, 2021, on four xoubts of conspiracy, mjrder abd kidnapping of Issa’s father – Adamu Ibrahim, over inheritance. They however pleaded not guilty to the alleged offences, TVC reported.
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Countering them, the defence counsel from the Osun State Ministry of Justice, Assistant Director Moses Faremi, tendered many evidence against them, including a stool, which was recovered from Jolaanabi’s house, where the deceased was kept at Owode-Ede after he was kidnapped on April 17th 2017.
He also invited three witnesses: two sons of the deceased and a police officer.
