An Ondo state High Court sitting in Akure has sentenced one Seidu Adeyemi to death by hanging for the offence of killing his girlfriend of five years for alleged ritual purposes.
Seidu Adeyemi got the sentence for the killing of Khadijat Oluboyo, the daughter of former deputy governor of Ondo State, Mr. Lasisi Oluboyo.
Late Khadijat was a final-year student of the Adekunle Ajasin University (AAU), Akungba-Akoko at the time of her death.
She was found dead and the convict was said to have dug a grave in his room, buried her there and put his foam on the grave. He was sleeping on the grave inside the room at his residence in Oke Aro area of Akure on July 2, 2018.