Murder Of Banker Wife: Arowolo Sentenced To Death By Hanging

Three years after he was accused of killing, Titilayo, his
banker wife, Akolade Arowolo has been sentenced to death
by hanging.

The trial judge, Justice Lateefa Okunnu of an Ikeja High
Court delivering her judgment Friday, found Arowolo guilty
on one-count of murder.

Arowolo was arraigned on December 21, 2011, before
Justice Okunnu, on a one- count charge of murder, which he
pleaded not guilty.

The Lagos State Director of Public Prosecution, DPP,
Olabisi Ogungbesan, who personally conducted the case, had
alleged that the accused murdered Titilayo, a banker, on June
24, 2011 at their residence, No. 8, Akindeinde Street, Isolo,
Lagos.

The deceased relatives, including her father, George
Oyakhire, and her step-mother, Adetoun, had testified that
Mr. Arowolo's marriage was characterised by domestic
violence. These evidences were corroborated by the police
investigators who buttressed the position before the court.

Also, the state brought Professor John Obafunwa, a
Consultant Pathologist and Chief Medical Examiner of Lagos
State, to testify that Titilayo was stabbed 76 times.

The accused, who opened his defence on May 22, 2013,
however, denied the allegation, blaming his in-laws for the
trouble in his marriage.

He maintained that he had no hands in Titilayo's death,
insisting she died after she accidentally fell on a knife during
a quarrel on his birthday.

Via: Vanguard