Man Imprisoned For Life By Court For Attempting Murder

An Ekiti State High Court in Ado Ekiti has sentenced 43-year-old Akinyemi Ojo to life in prison for attempted murder.


Ojo was charged with one count of attempted murder on January 25, 2023, before Justice Blessing Ajileye.

"On December 5, 2022, in Aramoko Ekiti, within the jurisdiction of this honorable court, Akinyemi Ojo did attempt to murder one David Faith by matcheting her," according to the charge.

The indictment states that the offense violates Section 241 of the Ekiti State Criminal Law, 2021.

"I was going to my farm on that day, I met the defendant on," the victim testified in court After we made small talk on the way, I went to my farm to pick some okro. After a while, I noticed the defendant—who was carrying a cutlass—approaching my location. I fled after suspecting that he was moving with malicious intent.

She said, "I crawled to the main road where some passersby took me to the General Hospital, Aramoko Ekiti. I did not know my offence or why he decided to kill me. He was chasing me with a cutlass and met me where I fell. He gave me machete cuts all over my body and I became unconscious. I did not see him again when I regained little consciousness."

The defendant spoke in his own defense through his attorney, and the prosecution, Taiwo Ajibulu-Ariyo, called five witnesses and presented the victim's and defendant's statements, cutlass, and images as evidence to support his case.


"In this instant case, I found that the defendant matchetted the victim and degree of injury inflicted on her was capable of causing her death but for the intervening efforts of the passersby who saw her in the pool of blood," Justice Blessing Ajileye stated in delivering his verdict.

"The judge found the defendant guilty as charged in accordance with Section 241 of the Criminal Laws of Ekiti State, and as a result, he was sentenced to life in prison."