Lagos prince, accomplice to die for killing businesswoman

A Lagos prince, Adewale Oyekan , has been sentenced to death by the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja for killing a 62 - year - old businesswoman and a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaja Sikirat Ekun .

Adewale is the son of the late Oba of Lagos , Adeyinka Oyekan .

Adewale was sentenced alongside a domestic worker , Lateef Balogun , on Monday by Justice Raliat Adebiyi for strangling Ekun and throwing her corpse in a well .
Adewale and Balogun committed the offences around 1 am on October 1 , 2012 , at the deceased ’ s home at No. 5 Babatunde Ladega Street , Omole Phase I .

The deceased had employed Adewale as the manager of her restaurant , while Balogun was Ekun ’ s domestic worker .

However , Balogun ’ s employment was terminated following a dispute with Ekun , which led to a conspiracy between the convicts .

It was gathered that the convicts killed the deceased , threw her corpse in a well in her compound and took over her business and properties , including a bus that was sold for N170, 000.

The prosecutor , Akin George , had told the court that when an enquiry was made by Ekun ’ s family and friends about her whereabouts , Adewale informed them through a text message from the victim ’ s phone that she had travelled to Abuja for the Eid - el Kabir festival .

He noted that after an intensive search , her corpse was found two months later in December 2012 by well diggers and firefighters , adding that the convicts had placed a generator , gas cylinder and other household items on the corpse in the 1 , 000 feet well .

Delivering her judgment on Monday , Justice Adebiyi stated that the prosecution had proved the charges of conspiracy to commit murder and murder beyond reasonable doubt .

She said , “ The circumstantial evidence was strong and cogent ; the act of the defendants in killing the deceased was intentional and premeditated.

“ The court finds that the prosecution has proved beyond reasonable doubt the offences of conspiracy and murder , and the defendants are accordingly found guilty of the two counts .