Court Sentences Pastor To Death By Hanging, See Why

A high court in Akure, Ondo State capital has sentenced, Kolawole Samson, a pastor, to death by hanging.

The presiding justice, Ademola Bola, delivered the judgment after he found Kolawole guilty of killing one Ayo Olaniyi at a village near Okeigbo area of the state.

The late Olaniyi was said to have in March 2016, gone to hunt frogs alongside three others at a fish pond owned by Pastor Kolawole.

Kolawole was said to have inflicting injury on the deceased’s head with a cutlass which eventually led to his death at a hospital he was admitted.

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Prosecuting Counsel, Mr Olusegun Akeredolu and Mrs Omotola Ologun, averred that the offence contradicted Section 316 and punishable under Section 319 of the Criminal Code, Cap 37, Laws of Ondo State (2006).

Mother of the deceased was one the witnesses called to testify during trial.

Pastor Kolawole however pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Justice Bola however held that all evidence before the court showed that Pastor Kolawole was guilty of killing Olaniyi.

Hence, the judge ruled that Samson Kolawole should die by hanging.