Two Ekiti varsity students jailed for cultism
An Ekiti State High Court on Wednesday
sentenced two students of Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Akintunde
Olumide and Oladapo Olaoluwa, to a three-year jail term for their
involvement in secret cult- related activities.
Justice Mosun Abodunde convicted the
accused persons after finding them guilty of a three-count of stealing,
assault and cultism.
In her judgment, she said that the prosecution proved the case beyond reasonable doubt.
She noted that the accused made
confessional statements as members of Black Axe at the Criminal
Investigation Department during interrogation.
She added that the police found in their
custody a small cutlass, black head warmer; black T-shirt and black
trousers during investigation.
The judge held that the short cutlass could not be compared with the one used for agriculture or weeding grass.
“It is not a tool for education; it is a
weapon of danger and destruction which should not be seen within the
school premises,” she added.
Justice Abodunde said the exhibits recovered from the convicts made their culpability in the crime weighty.
In proving the case, the police called
four witnesses while the defence counsel, Mr. Emmanuel Oluwole, also
called three witnesses to prove his case.
The prosecutor, Mr. Femi Falade, told
the court that the accused committed the offence on July 13, 2013, at an
hotel in Iworoko Ekiti. He said the offences were punishable under
Section 355,4(1) of Criminal Code Laws of Ekiti State 2012 and Secret
cults (Abolition and Prohibition).
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