Court sentences son of late Oba of Lagos to death 



- Adewale Oyekan, a son to a former Oba of Lagos, has been sentenced to the death the prosecution had accused Adewale of killing a 62-year-old businesswoman alongside another domestic staff 
The prosecution had accused Adewale of killing a 62-year-old businesswoman alongside another domestic staff 
Delivering its judgement, the court said that the circumstantial evidence against the convicts was strong and cogent A son to the former Oba of Lagos, late Adeyinka Oyekan, has been sentenced to death by Federal High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos state. 

Adewale accused of killing a 62-year-old businesswoman, Sikirat Ekun was sentenced alongside Lateef Balogun, a former domestic staff. 
The Cable reports that Adewale was said to have hired Balogun to kill Ekun for a paltry sum of N6,000 and had the body of the businesswoman who was also a politician thrown into a 1,000 feet well at her residence. 
The convicts were also held in custody for seven years since their arrest. 
Delivering a two-hour judgment on the matter, Justice Raliatu Adebiyi said, the prosecution during the process proved beyond every reasonable doubt that the convicts committed the crime.