Tag: Ekiti Court

  • Ekiti Court Remands Man Over Alleged Defilement Of 14 year Old Girl

    Ekiti Court Remands Man Over Alleged Defilement Of 14 year Old Girl

    By Paul Joseph An Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court has remanded a 36-year-old man, Kayode Adepoju, in a correctional facility over the alleged defilement of a 14-year-old girl. The presiding Magistrate, Kehinde Awosika, declined to take the defendant’s plea and ordered his remand pending legal advice from the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP). The case was adjourned…

  • Ekiti Court Sentences Two to Death For Robbery

    Ekiti Court Sentences Two to Death For Robbery

    By George Omagbemi Sylvester An Ekiti State High Court has sentenced two men, Ojo Tosin Olasunkanmi and Obamoyegun Dele, both aged 31, to death by hanging after convicting them of armed robbery, reinforcing Nigeria’s continued reliance on capital punishment for violent crimes. April 29, 2026 — The judgment, delivered in Ado-Ekiti, followed the court’s finding…