TWO STUDENTS OF EKITI STATE UNIVERSITY JAILED

Two Ekiti varsity students jailed
for cultism

An Ekiti State High Court on Wednesday sentenced two
students of Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Akintunde
Olumide and Oladapo Olaoluwa, to a three-year jail term for
their involvement in secret cult- related activities.

Justice Mosun Abodunde convicted the accused persons
after finding them guilty of a three-count of stealing,
assault and cultism.
In her judgment, she said that the prosecution proved the
case beyond reasonable doubt.
She noted that the accused made confessional statements
as members of Black Axe at the Criminal Investigation
Department during interrogation.
She added that the police found in their custody a small
cutlass, black head warmer; black T-shirt and black
trousers during investigation.
The judge held that the short cutlass could not be compared
with the one used for agriculture or weeding grass.
“It is not a tool for education; it is a weapon of danger and
destruction which should not be seen within the school
premises,” she added.
Justice Abodunde said the exhibits recovered from the
convicts made their culpability in the crime weighty.
In proving the case, the police called four witnesses while
the defence counsel, Mr. Emmanuel Oluwole, also called
three witnesses to prove his case.
The prosecutor, Mr. Femi Falade, told the court that the
accused committed the offence on July 13, 2013, at an
hotel in Iworoko Ekiti. He said the offences were punishable
under Section 355,4(1) of Criminal Code Laws of Ekiti State
2012 and Secret cults (Abolition and Prohibition).