Following their involvement in the killing of two members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, over allegation of defacement of posters of political opponents in Omuo Ekiti, about two years ago, an Ado-Ekiti High Court has sentenced two policemen to death by hanging.
On March 23, 2011, fight broke out between the PDP and Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN at Kota Junction in Omuo Ekiti over alleged defacement of posters belonging to PDP aspirants in the community.
DailyPost gathered that this development prompted men of the police force to be drafted to the scene to maintain peace and order, but instead, their deployment led to the death of two PDP members.
Piqued by the murder of their members, a PDP chieftain in the town and now the state Deputy Chairman, Hon. Femi Bamisile, with a crowd of supporters stormed the government office in Ado Ekiti and accused the state government of complicity in the murder.
The convicted police officers, Mr Ameh Richard and Akinyode Olaiya were said to have been found guilty of the murder of two PDP members whose names were given as Kehinde Faluyi and Michael Ipinlaye.
The presiding judge, Justice Abiodun Adesodun who in his judgement disclosed that there were sharp contradictions in the evidence adduced by the accused persons, which he said made their evidence unreliable.
He said there were contradictions in the confessional statements by the accused persons during their interrogation by the police and the oral testimonies during cross examination in court.
Justice Adesodun noted that the evidence by the prosecution counsel, Messrs Femi Onipede and Omope Oluwanitemi were overwhelming and convincing enough for him to grant their reliefs.
In his words, “The prosecution counsels have proved their case beyond reasonable doubt and the accused persons are hereby sentenced to death by hanging.”
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