Seidu Adeyemi is to die by hanging for killing Khadijat, daughter of former Ondo State Deputy Governor, Alhaji Lasisi Oluboyo.
An Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure gave the verdict on Wednesday.
According to the presiding judge, Justice Samuel Bola, the evidence against Adeyemi was overwhelming.
Khadijat was on July 2, 2018, found dead in Adeyemi’s room at Oke Aro area of Akure, Ondo State.
The final year student of Adekunle Ajasin University, AAU, Akugba-Akoko, was said to be Adeyemi’s girlfriend.
Upon arrest by the police, Adeyemi was arraigned and remanded in prison custody.
Investigation by the police revealed that Adeyemi and two other persons were involved in the crime.
It was discovered that after killing her, they buried her in a shallow grave inside Adeyemi’s room.
The charges against him read: “That you, Seidu Sakiru, 27, and others at large on July 2, 2018, at about 7.30 pm on Aratusin Street, Oke-Aro, Akure, did conspire with one another to commit felony to wit; murder, contrary to Section 324 of the Law of Ondo State, 2006.
“That you Seidu Sakiru, 27, did kill one Khadijat Oluboyo, 25, by strangling her and thereafter buried her inside your room contrary to Section 316, Law of Ondo State, 2006.”
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