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An Osun State High Court, on Thursday
sentenced to death by hanging, the
prime suspect in June 14, 2007 bomb
blast incident, Richard Abayomi
Adesanmi.
The blast occurred within the
premises of Osun State Secretariat,
Abeere.
Justice Adeyinka Aderibigbe, while
delivering his judgement in the
case, convicted Adesanmi on all the
six-count charge bothering on
m****r and conspiracy to effect
unlawful purpose.
It would be recalled that an
explosion, which occurred in the
Peugeot 504 saloon car with the
registration number AL 850 NND
parked near Ministry of Water
Resources and Rural Development,
had killed one of the occupants of
the vehicle who was simply
identified as Taye and injured
Adesanmi.
Other two occupants of the vehicle,
one Henry and Gboyega Olasogba,
however, escaped from the scene
and have remained at large since
then.
After the incident, Adesanmi, who
claimed to be an indigene of Ondo,
was immediately taken to the
Government House clinic, where he
was treated for the injuries he
received in his eyes.
During the investigation, police
confirmed that Improvised
Explosive Device (IED) was the
substance that exploded in the
vehicle on the day of the incident,
adding that materials that could be
used to make explosives were also
recovered from the vehicle driven
by one of the accused persons.
Delivering his judgement, Justice
Aderibigbe said “Richard Abayomi
Adesanmi is sentenced to death by
hanging on his neck till he gives up
the ghost.”
Adesanmi, who bowed as the judge
passed the verdict, was in tears as
the prison officials led him out of
the court.
Aderibigbe had earlier, while ruling
on the first five counts of the charge,
pronounced Adesanmi guilty of act
intended to cause harm contrary to
Section 332 (3) of Criminal Code of
Osun State and to commit crime
with explosive Contrary to Section
514 of Criminal Code of Osun State.
He subsequently slammed a
combined sentence of 40 years jail
term with no option of fine on
Adesanmi for the first five counts.
Source:- Daily Post
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