A domestic worker, Joseph Ogbu has been sentenced to death by hanging by Judge Modupe Nicole-Clay of the Ikeja High Court in Lagos, Nigeria. Ogbu was charged with the murder of 89-year-old Ajoke John and her daughter Oreoluwa.
The Judge determined that the three accusations relating to armed robbery and murder that violated sections 222 and 297 of the Lagos State Criminal Code, 2015, had been sufficiently proven against the defendant.
She said, “He killed Adejoke by strangling her and Oreoluwa by stabbing her to death as the defence did not raise an objection to the admissibility of the confessional statement, there is no doubt that the defendant confessed to the crimes.
“I have considered the evidence of the security guard, an Okada man, one Yahya Ibrahim, the house help and a police Inspector.
“The defendant could not give an explanation as to what he was doing with all the stolen items he was found with around 2am (local time) on the date he was arrested, stated Judge Nicole-Clay.
