A High Court in Ekiti State has condemned a 27-year-old man to death
by hanging for raping and killing a 63-year-old woman. The accused
person, Mr. Emmanuel Tometin, who hails from Ekore Village in Yakurr
Local Government Area of Cross River State, was reported to have raped
and killed Mrs. Ikubolaje on August 17, 2006 at about 2:00p.m at Oke
Sele farm, Igirigiri Road, Odo-Ado in Ekiti State. She was reportedly
attacked, raped and killed on her way to the farm.
The convict was arraigned on a two-count charge. On the first count
of rape, he was sentenced to life imprisonment, while he was found
guilty of murder and thereby sentenced to death by hanging. Tometin who
was said to have attended Apostlic Primary School at Ekore and dropped
out in primary four for lack of fund, had ever since been engaged in
farming. He was said to have settled in Ado-Ekiti through a relative,
Mr. Bassey, in 2004.
Tometin said he was the second child of his parents but added that
his mother had left his father to remarry and gave his mother’s name as
Mrs. Adiya Erekunpon. The Judge, Justice Ilori Akindayo, said after all
findings and facts on the issue, his view was that Exhibit C, F, and
G-G3, which indicted the accused were very relevant to the case and he
recorded it as full evidence. He therefore ruled that the accused person
be hanged by the neck until he is dead.
SUN
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