Wife killer Akolade Arowolo found guilty of
murder, sentenced to death
Arowolo Akolade, the man who stabbed his banker wife to death
on Friday June 24, 2011 after a domestic dispute at their home in
Isolo, Lagos (read the story here ), has been found guilty of her
murder and has been sentenced to death.
Akolade appeared before trial judge Justice Lateefat Okunnu of
the Ikeja High Court this morning Friday Feb. 21 and was found
guilty on one-count 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,” 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. The court didn't buy his story.
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