A 42 year old Prince Omoniyi Stephen Ademola, who stabbed a monarch, Oba Gbadebo Ibitoye Olowoselu ll, the Onise of Odo-Oro Ekiti,will die by hanging according to the verdict of the state’s High Court.
He was pronounced guilty 10 years after he committed the crime in Ikole Local Government area of the state .
Ademola was arraigned on one count charge of murder contrary to Section 316 and punishable under Section 319 of the Criminal Code, Cap C16, laws of Ekiti State of Nigeria, 2012.
One of the chiefs who testified before the court said: ‘’We were at the palace on that day for Onise in Council meeting, around 7:00 a.m., before the commencement of the meeting Omoniyi Ademola Stephen entered the palace and sat on Kabiyesi’s seat but the chiefs frowned at his action and drove him away.
He said after the meeting Late Onise in company of his male clerk were trekking back to the main palace, Ademola came out of his hiding and attacked the king with a knife on the road and stabbed him to death.
He added that before that day,the convict had been parading himself as the king of the town.
The prosecution counsel, Adegboyega Morakinyo called five witnesses and tendered a medical report, statements of the convict, knife and rope among others as exhibits
The convict spoke through his counsel Tope Salami without witness.
Justice Olukayode Ogundana said it was not true that Ademola was insane.
He said:”The defendant, Omoniyi Ademola Stephen is hereby sentenced to death and shall be hanged until he breathes his last. May the good Lord have mercy upon his soul”