29-Year-Old Cultist To Die By Hanging In Ekiti

An Ekiti State State High Court, sitting in Ado Ekiti, has sentenced a 29-year-old man, Gbenga Aluko (aka Cherry), to death by hanging.

The police had charged the convict with belonging to a prohibited society, Eiye confraternity, contrary to Section 4 of the Secret Cult (Abolition and Prohibition) First Amendment Law No. 6, Laws of Ekiti State of Nigeria, 2017.

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He was accused of killing two members of rival cult groups in Ado Ekiti.

Delivering his judgment, Justice Abiodun Adesodun, said that the penalty for the offence committed and established against the accused person was death.

Pronuncing the death verdict, Justice Adesodun said, “The penalty for the offence committed and established against the defendant is death. He is hereby sentenced to death by hanging. May the Lord have mercy on your soul.”

The prosecution counsel, Julius Ajibare, had told the court that on January 23, 2019, at Ado Ekiti, the convict was found to be a member of a prohibited society, Eiye confraternity.

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The prosecutor said that the offence was contrary to Section 4 of the Secret Cult (Abolition and Prohibition) First Amendment Law No. 6, Laws of Ekiti State of Nigeria, 2017.

The prosecutor said, “In his confessional statement,  Aluko said that he and his cult members masterminded the killings of some other cult members, such as Mercy at NOVA Road, and Ajagbe at Mugbagba area all in Ado Ekiti.

“He was involved in duping people and he pretended to be a herb seller as well as a political thug.

“He mentioned members of his gang called Supreme Eiye confraternity as Yemi Effizy, AY Pumping, Wonderful, T Black, Femi and others,’’ the prosecutor said.

To prove his case, the prosecution counsel called two witnesses and tendered no exhibit, while the accused did not call any witness but spoke through his counsel, Femi Adetoye.

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