An Ikeja High Court on Monday sentenced to death a 33-year-old man, Abiodun Allen, for killing his immediate younger brother, Wale, with a broken bottle.
The judge noted that the testimonies of the four prosecution witnesses corroborated the confessional statement of Abiodun to the police. Following his conviction, Allen’s defence counsel, Mrs Y. A Ajayi told the court that she was not going to give an allocutus on the defendant’s behalf. Upon hearing the sentence, Abiodun remained expressionless as he left the dock to be led away by prison officials.
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