CMusbau Babatunde
An Osun State High Court in Ikire has sentenced Philip Segun of Cherubim and Cherabum Church, Solution Chapel, Ikoyi-Ile for killing Lagos State University final year student, Favour Daley-Oladele.
Justice Christiana Obadina also sentenced her boyfriend, Owolabi Adeeko, 23, to death by hanging for the brutal murder of the final year Sociology student after cajoling her to Ikire from Lagos while his mother, Bola, 46, was convicted for eating human flesh.
Owolabi and Favour had been dating for about a month before he lured her to Ikire under the decoy that she should come visit his uncle while Owolabi, his mother and Prophet Segun had concluded arrangement to use her for money ritual.
Favour was later killed in the church after Owolabi smashed her on the head with a pestle and her organs used for ritual before her remain was buried in a shallow grave outside the church on December 8, 2019.
Few weeks later the body was exhumed by the police after arresting the suspects who confessed to the murder and they were first arraigned before the court in November 15, 2021 on two counts bordering on conspiracy and murder contrary to sections 324 and 319(1) of the Criminal Code Cap. 34 Laws of Osun State, 2002.
The prosecution team from the Ministry of Justice led by Mrs Adekemi Bello,had during trial invited nine witnesses, including the police investigating officer and tendered several exhibits before the court, while the convicts testified in their respective defence without calling any other witness.
In her verdict,Justice Obadina said that prosecuting counsel has proved her case convincingly and found Prophet Philip Segun and Owolabi Adeeko guilty for murder and conspiracy, while Bola Adeeko was convicted for eating human flesh which is against the law of the land.
She sentenced Prophet Philip and Owolabi to death by hanging for murder and 14 years imprisonment for conspiracy.
She judge also sentenced Owolabi’s mother, Bola to two years imprisonment for eating human flesh.
