- A Nigerian prophet, Segun Philip, and one Owolabi Adeeko have been sentenced to death by hanging for killing LASU undergraduate, Favour Daley-Oladele
- Justice Christiana Obadina gave the judgement almost four years after Philip and Adeeko committed the crime in Osun state
- Philip and Adeeko killed Daley-Oladele for ritual purposes to revive the business of Adeeeko’s mother
Ikire, Osun state – Justice Christiana Obadina of an Osun State High Court, sitting in Ikire, has sentenced a 42-year-old prophet, Segun Philip, and 23-year-old Owolabi Adeeko to death by hanging, almost 4 years after killing a final year student of the Lagos State University, Favour Daley-Oladele, for ritual purposes.
The tragic incident happened in December 2019 when Adeeko invited Daley-Oladele, whom he was dating to Ikoyi, Osun State, The Punch reported.
Adeeko lured Daley-Oladele to the prophet church also in Ikoyi, where she was drugged and killed with a pestle.
The culprits buried the remains of the LASU undergraduate in a shallow grave within the church premises after harvesting some organs from her.
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The prophet used the organs harvested from the deceased used to prepare a concoction for Owolabi’s mother to improve her business fortune which was nose-diving at the time.
The prosecution team led by the Solicitor General and Permanent Secretary, Osun State Ministry of Justice, Mrs Adekemi Bello, said Owolabi confessed to the police that he used his girlfriend to prepare a meal for a money ritual for his mother.
In her judgement on Monday, July 17, Justice Obadina sentenced Philip and Owolabi to death by hanging for murder and 14 years imprisonment for conspiracy
The judge also sentenced Owolabi’s 46-year-old mother, Bola, to two years’ imprisonment for eating human flesh.
Court Sentences Nigerian Pastor to Death by Hanging 6 Years after Killing Choir Mistress, 2 Others
Meanwhile, Legit.ng had reported that the General Overseer of the Altar of Solution and Healing Assembly, in Oyigbo, Rivers state, Chidiebere Okoroafor, has been sentenced to death by hanging for multiple murders.
Okoroafor was standing trial over the death of his choir mistress, Orlunma Nwagba, whom he allegedly impregnated, and the killing of Orlunma’s friend, Chigozie Ezenwa, and her 11 months-old baby girl, Cresabel, on December 11, 2017.
EFCC arraigns Nigerian pastor over alleged fraud in Enugu
Legit.ng also reported that a Nigerian clergyman, Apostle Uchechukwu Samuel, has been arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged fraud.
Apostle Uchechukwu was reportedly arraigned on Tuesday, May 23, before Justice H.O. Eya of an Enugu high court on a seven-count charge of stealing, conspiracy, and obtaining money by false pretence.
How Popular Ondo Pastor Bagged 2-Year Imprisonment for Stealing N130k
Pastor Friday Okeneji in Iwaro-Oka Akoko of Ondo State has been convicted of stealing by a Magistrates’ Court.
Pastor Okeneji, at the ruling of the Magistrate, bagged two years imprisonment for stealing some chemical substances worth N130,000.
Source: Legit.ng
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