Two rapists , Suraju Olarewaju, 20, and Lekan Olatayo, 20 have been sentenced to death by hanging by an Osogbo High Court for raping a 14-year-old girl, Bilikisu Adeyemi, to death.
The convicts, whose addresses are unknown, were arraigned in 2005 on a two-count charge of conspiracy and murder.
Justice R.A. Shiyanbola, while delivering her judgment said the prosecution had proved its case beyond reasonable doubts and sentenced the two young men to death by hanging.
She said the men had contravened Sections 319 (1) and 324 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Osun, 2004.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Mrs Folashade Adekanmi, had told the court that the convicts committed the offences on June 1, 2005 at Abesu area of Osogbo.
She said the convicts blocked the nose of the deceased with a loaf of bread while raping her at about midnight. Adekanmi told the court that the accused had also confessed to the crime.
