Two sentenced to death for killing employer, daughter

Two persons, Ayuba Idris, and Tasur Abubakar have been sentenced to death for the 2019 killing of their boss, Kwaku Richard Kwakye, and his daughter, Ms. Tope Kwakye. THE NATION reports.Information Guide Nigeria

Tope was due to be mobilised for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in July 2019 before she was killed.

Idris and Abubakar were sentenced to death by hanging by an Ondo High Court after they were found guilty of armed robbery and murder.

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The victims were killed and the corpses were dumped under the staircase while the suspects fled to Sokoto and Kano States.

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Their decomposing bodies were found after 16 days.

The suspects who spoke to newsmen after they were arrested claimed they took tramadol and Indian hemp on the night they committed the murder.NYSC portal

They said they used cables to strangle their victims to death.

In his ruling, Justice Williams Olamide discharged and acquitted the convicts on both count one and two.

Justice Olamide found the convicts guilty of the offense of conspiracy and sentenced them to seven years imprisonment.