A Rapist identified as Tunmise Abraham was sentenced to death by hanging for raping his Landlady, Mrs Bukola Olanrewaju to death by an Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti.
The court found Abraham guilty of raping and killing his landlady at the Olorunda Zone 7 area of Ado-Ekiti in 2019.
The defendant, now condemned, was alleged to have broken into the landla dy’s room, threatened her with a cutlass and tied her up before carrying out the act.
According to a witness, the landlady was alone at home after her husband had gone to work and her children were away for holiday coaching when the incident happened.
The Director of Public Prosecution, Mr Julius Ajibare, who prosecuted the case on behalf of the state government, called four witnesses to prove his case.
Delivering the verdict on Wednesday, Justice Oluwatoyin Abodunde, found Abraham guilty of the offences as charged and sentenced him to death.
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