Akolade who appeared before trial judge Justice Lateefat Okunnu of the Ikeja High Court this morning Friday Feb. 21 was found guilty on one-count charge of murder. The judge said the prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt that he killed his wife.
"I pronounce the defendant guilty and accordingly sentenced to death by hanging,” Justice Okunnu pronounced. Akolade burst into tears after the verdict was read.
Akolade and Titilayo had been married for only two years and had a young daughter when he brutally attacked her with a knife on his birthday after they argued. Arolowo claimed in court that Titi had attacked him with the knife and eventually turned the knife on herself, but the court didn't believe the story as he couldn't defend himself enough.
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