Court sentences Pastor Adetokunbo, other to death for using 7-year-old boy for ritual

One Pastor Erinmole Adetokunbo and another suspect, Mr. Adedoyin Oyekanmi, have been sentenced to death by an Ikeja Special Offences Court, over the crime of killing a seven-year-old boy for ritual purposes.

Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo, on Tuesday August 9, 2022, sentenced the duo 24 hours after they changed their pleas from ‘not guilty’ to ‘guilty’ on Monday August 8.

The convicts were charged with conspiracy to commit murder and murder.

According to Lagos State Government, the convicts committed the offences on June 7, 2017, at
No. 6, Oke Oniburokun St., Odokekere, Ikorodu, Lagos.