Two Ogun vigilantes imprisoned six years for murder

An Abeokuta High Court on Thursday sentenced two vigilantes — Lambe Yinka and Friday Gbenga — to six years detainment with hard work for killing two men.

Both are individuals from the Ogun State Vigilance Group and were striven for submitting murder over the span of playing out their obligations.

Equity Olatokunbo Olopade said the men were discovered blameworthy of slaughtering the team of Raji Morufu and Akeem Usman.

He noticed that the indictment had demonstrated its case past sensible questions by the confirmation cited.

"With all the confirmation offered in court amid trial, I discovered that the two denounced people executed the perished while they were playing out their obligations and they couldn't give any of the looters they guaranteed shot the men on their landing in the scene.

"I don't discover it as a mischance or mix-up thus the court discovered them blameworthy as charged; I therefore sentenced the denounced people to six years detainment with hard work," Olopade said.

The offenses contradicted Sections 317 and 308 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Ogun 2006.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the convicts, who had been standing trial since April 27,2015, argued not blameworthy to the charges.

The indictment said the vigilantes shot and executed the two men at around 4, 30 a,m, on July 7, 2013 at Oniyorin, off Quarry Road in Abeokuta.

The convict were said to have gotten a pain call from one Mrs Lawanson who live in the area that thieves had attacked her compound.

"Amid examination. the two charged people had put forth confession booth expressions that they shot one Raji Morufu, and Akeem Usman erroneously when one of them was attempting to battle with them.

Prior, the safeguard advise, Mr J.A. Apanishele, begged the court to temper equity with benevolence in sentencing them.

"I encourage the court to consider the way that they didn't delude the court by saying reality that they shot the men."