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An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti has sentenced 29-year-old Adedayo Olawole to death by hanging over the murder of Chukwudi Joseph. Olawole was also sentenced to seven years of imprisonment for conspiracy in the murder of the deceased person. He was arraigned on Wednesday on two counts bordering on conspiracy and murder. The charge reads: “That Adedayo Olawole and others now at large at Eporo in Emure-Ekiti did conspire to murder one Chukwudi Joseph. The offences are contrary to Sections 244 and 243 of the Criminal Law of Ekiti State, Nigeria, 2021.” A cousin of the deceased who w…

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