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Nigeria: three sentenced to death for the ritual killing of a couple and their son
Record class
Context only
Evidence status
Convicted
Authority role
none over the victims
Organization
No organization assigned
Spiritual nexus
NOT AN AUTHORITY-ABUSE CASE. Recorded as victim-directed ritual: the family was killed to supply material for a money ritual.
- Prosperity, divination, or curse-removal claim
- Violent occult ideology or sacrifice
Evidence structure
Proceedings
2024-02-01 · convictions and death sentences
Ogun State High Court, Abeokuta (Justice Basirat Adebowale). In February 2024 the Ogun State High Court in Abeokuta convicted Adekambi Lekan, Odetola Ahmed and Adeniyi Waheed of the murders of Kehinde and Bukola Fatinoye and their son Oreoluwa on 1 January 2023, and sentenced all three to death by hanging. The killings were prosecuted as a money-ritual murder.
Documented coercion mechanisms
- killings carried out for a money ritual
Primary record
Sources
- national newspaper court reporting verdict and sentencing report Legit.ng: court report of the death sentences.
National outlet's court report.
Related record
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