A State High Court sitting in Ikire, Osun State has convicted Philip Segun, a prophet at Cherubim and Cherubim Church, Solution Chapel, Ikoyi-Ile, and Owolabi Adeeko, for the gruesome murder of Lagos State University final year student, Favour Daley-Oladele. It was learnt that Prophet Philip Segun and Owolabi Adeeko were sentenced to death by hanging for murder and 14 years imprisonment for conspiracy, Nigerian Tribune reports.
IN the past few weeks, the Nigerian media space has been awash with news of busted persons, including those in their teens, with blood on their hands. The
Homicide in epidemic proportions, By Wole Olaoye
Perhaps we should be studying the link between hard drugs/voodoo and crime more closely, especially with regard to crimes committed by teenagers and other young people in their twenties. We need a scientific approach now more than ever before.
The soul-numbing trend is in your face. Homicide has become our everyday companion. It wasn’t always like this. Life used to be sacred. It was not considered fashionable for acorns to be devoured before they became trees. Now, we are inundated with gory tales of gruesome stabbings, decapitations, gun violence and more. If you turn off the radio, the stories are waiting for you on television; if you refuse to read them in the newspapers, they’ll waylay you on social media. There is no escaping the epidemic of bloodletting sweeping through the land.
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