An Ogun State High Court on Wednesday, January 22, sentenced a 22-year-old man, Jamiu Malomo, to death by hanging for k! killing an s3x worker, Asisat Akande.
Oguninsight.com reported that Malomo, an ex-convict who was released from prison a month before the incident, st@bbed the deceased to death with a knife following a heated argument over his refusal to pay the complete agreed fee.
Malomo was convicted on a one-count charge of murder.
He pleaded not guilty to the charge during the trial.
Malomo committed the offence in 2021 when he was 18.
Justice O. Ogunfowora, while delivering the judgement, held that the prosecution had proved its case against Malomo beyond a reasonable doubt.
“You are hereby guilty of k! Telling Asisat Akande as preferred against you. You will be hanged by the neck until you are dead. May God have mercy on you,” the judge held.
Earlier, the State Prosecuting counsel, A.M Adebayo, said the convict committed the offence on July 18, 2021, at about 9:30pm at Ori- Apata area community Oke-Aregba in Abeokuta.
Adebayo, who is Deputy Director of Public Prosecution, said the convict picked Akande, the deceased, who was a sex worker, from the 3AD bar in the Panseke area and took her to his house for sexual pleasure.
“After having carnal knowledge of the deceased, she demanded N10,000, which was their agreement, but he refused to give her the complete money, saying he had N8,000,” he said.
“The situation led to an argument between him and the deceased, which made the convict bring out a knife from his pocket and stab her in the neck.
“The stab resulted in the instant death of the deceased.”
He noted that the convict was arrested by men of the police at the 3AD club in Panseke, where he wanted to pick another girl for sexual pleasure.
He, however, said that the offence contravened the provisions of section 316 and was punishable under section 319 of the Criminal Code, laws of Ogun 2006.
