Nigeria: three sentenced to death for the ritual killing of a couple and their son
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Authority role
none over the victims
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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
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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
Cited record
Sources
- national newspaper court reporting verdict and sentencing report Legit.ng: court report of the death sentences.
National outlet's court report.
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- https://www.legit.ng/nigeria/1638878-killers-nigerian-couple-identified-court-sentenced-3-death/ Corpus classification: national-newspaper-court-reporting; evidentiary role: verdict-and-sentencing-report. SHA-256 722f6f735c3a5bc065b0d729483a146e430179c4b9955ec6e86275c70ec27770
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- 2026-07-20 · Preserved
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