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Nigerian prince sentenced to death

A Nigerian Prince, Adewale Oyekan of Lagos, was on Monday sentenced to death for the murder of a businesswoman.

Prince Adewale is the son of the late traditional ruler of Lagos Adeyinka Oyekan and had been employed by the deceased as a restaurant manager.

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He had been charged alongside Lateef Balogun, a former domestic servant, for the murder of their boss Sikirat Ekun.

Ms Ekun was strangled to death and her body dumped in a well at her Lagos home on 17 October 2012.

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Justice Raliatu Adebiyi of Lagos’ Ikeja high court in her Monday judgment said that the prosecution had proved the charges of conspiracy to commit murder and murder beyond a reasonable doubt.

Nigeria’s Herald newspaper tweeted a photo of Prince Adewale and his co-accused.

Source: bbc.com

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