Lagos prince, Oyekan, accomplice sentenced to death for killing businesswoman

Oluwatosin Omojuyigbe:

The son of Oba Adeyinka Oyekan , Adewale
Oyekan , has been sentenced to death by the
Lagos State High Court in Ikeja for killing a 62 -
year - old businesswoman and member of the
Peoples Democratic Party , Sikirat Ekun.
Oyekan was sentenced alongside a domestic
help , Lateef Balogun , on Monday by Justice
Raliat Adebiyi for strangling Ekun and throwing
her body into a well .
Oyekan committed the offences around 1 am on
October 1, 2012 , at the deceased ’ s home at No
5 , Babatunde Lalega Street , Omole Phase - 1 .
Online PUNCH learnt that the deceased , who
owned a restaurant , had employed Oyekan as
manager , while Balogun was a domestic help
for Ekun .

However , Balogun ’ s job was terminated
following a dispute between Ekun and him ,
which led to a conspiracy between the convicts .
It was gathered that the convicts killed the
deceased , threw her body into a well within
her premises and took over her business and
properties , including her bus, which they sold
for N170 , 000.
The prosecutor , Akin George , had told the court
that when an inquiry was made by family and
friends about Ekun’ s whereabouts , Oyekan
informed the family members through a text
message from Ekun’ 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 dumped a
generator , a gas cylinder and other household
items over the corpse to conceal it in the 1 , 000
feet well .
Delivering her judgement on Monday, Justice
Adebiyi , in a two- hour judgement , noted that
the prosecution had proved the charges of
conspiracy to commit murder and murder
beyond a 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 offence of
conspiracy and murder and are accordingly
found guilty of the two counts .