Court sentences prophet, one other to death for killing undergraduate

An Osun State High Court sitting in Ikire on Monday convicted and sentencedto death Prophet Philip Segun, 42, and Owolabi Adeeko, 23, for killing Ms. Favour Daley-Oladele, a final-year student of the Lagos State University.

Delivering her judgment, Justice Christiana Obadina also convicted and sentenced Mrs Bola Adeeko, 46, (the mother of Owolabi Adeeko), to two years imprisonment for eating the heart of late Ms Daley-Oladele.

Obadina said the prosecution counsel proved their case beyond reasonable doubt, so she therefore found the convicts guilty.

The prosecution, led by the State Solicitor General and Permanent Secretary, Osun Ministry of Justice, Mrs. Adekemi Bello, told the court during trial that the convicts killed their victim on Dec. 8, 2019.

Bello also informed the court how the Ogun State Police Command was able to arrest Prophet Philip Segun and Owolabi Adeeko over the killing of Ms. Oladele, a final-year Sociology student at the Lagos State University.

She told the court that Adeeko had confessed to killing Ms. Favour Daley-Oladele, narrating that he killed Ms. Daley-Oladele (his girlfriend) and used her heart to prepare a money ritual meal for his mother in connivance with Prophet Philip Segun.

Bello said that the charges ofconspiracy and murder levelled against the convicts contravened Sections 324 and 319 (1) of the Criminal Code, Cap. 34 Laws of Osun State 2002.

The prosecution counsel during the trial called nine witnesses, including a police investigating officer, and also tendered several exhibits before the court to prove the case against the convicts.

Mr. Adeshina Olaniyan, the defence counsel, however, pleaded with the court to temper justice with mercy in sentencing his clients.

In her judgement, Justice Obadina sentenced Owolabi Adeeko and Prophet Philip Segun to death by hanging on the count of murdering Ms. Oladele and 14 years imprisonment for conspiracy.

The judge equally sentenced Mrs. Bola Adeeko (mother of Owolabi Adeeko) to two years imprisonment for eating human flesh.

It would be recalled that Owolabi Adeeko, on Dec. 8, 2019, lured Favour Oladele (his supposed girlfriend) from Mowe, Ogun State, to Osun on the pretext of taking her to meet his uncle at Ikoyi-Ile.

Adeeko, however, killed Ms. Oladele after she got to Osun, and her body was dismembered and used to prepare money ritual soaps by Prophet Philip Segun (a prophet of a Cherubim and Cherabum Church), while her heart was eaten by Mrs. Adeeko.