Onweniwe, had strangulated his girlfriend, Nifemi Adeyeoye, an HND student of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic to death in Owo, Ondo State.

After reviewing the case, the presiding judge, Justice Ademola Bola, found Onweniwe guilty of murder and sentenced him to death by hanging.

The convict was charged on four-count charge bordering on endangering life, abduction, rape and murder.

The prosecutor, Jumoke Ogunjebi, who filed the charge on February 20, 2017, called five witnesses, including the mother of the deceased, to testify against the convict.

The convict abducted Nifemi and took her to a farm near Alayere, Ogbese, raped her and then snuffed life out of her by strangulating her to death.

Nifemi’s mother, who testified before the court, said her daughter had told her she was going to visit her friend on the fateful day.

According to her, she did not know the convict though he was said to be her daughter’s boyfriend.

Besides, the bereaved mother said she did not see her daughter again until policemen invited her to come to the mortuary to identify a corpse whether it was her daughter.

Two motorcyclists who saw the duo together on that day also testified in the case and one of them told the court that he carried them to a spot in town.

Delivering his judgement, Bola said Onweniwe was arraigned before the court on May 22, 2017 and he had entered a “not guilty” plea when the four-count charge preferred against him was read to him.

The judge said that an autopsy was carried out by Dr. Pelemo of Ondo State Specialist Hospital, Akure.

Pelemo, which revealed abnormal state of the deceased’s neck and fracture of the skull.

He explained that it suggested that the deceased had been attacked by an object with a blunt edge which led to her death.

The police witness, Inspector John Aderibigbe, said one of the motorcyclists who testified in the case had come to report the suspicious movement of the convict and the deceased at the police station.

He explained that the case was later transferred to the Special Anti-Cultism Squad in Akure.

The judge said the convict had confessed to the officers of the squad according to the testimony of one Ayoola Famoriyo and had taken his team to the spot where he hid the corpse of the deceased.

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He presented the bill, which was the first budget since the inauguration of his administration on February 24, 2017, through the clerk of the House, Bode Adeyelu.

The N58bn was earmarked for capital expenditure, while N95.123bn was budgeted for recurrent expenditure.

The details of the bill showed that over N8bn was budgeted for debt servicing while N8.3bn was allocated to the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB).

It also showed that N1bn was allocated to the Ondo State University of Science and Technology, Okitipupa (OSUSTECH) while the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko and Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo got N200 million each.

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His remains were deposited at St. Mercy’s Hospital.

It was learnt that the late Akerele got home around 9pm on Monday after visiting his wife, Lucy, who is hospitalised.

Sources said he directed his gate man, Taye Festus, to switch off the generator at midnight and retired into his bedroom.

Festus told reporters that the late Akerele was hale and hearty before he went to bed.

“I was expecting Oga to have woken up early but he did not, even after his new driver arrived. We became suspicious around 10am when we did not see him. I went to his window and called him, but he did not respond.

“I opened the window and saw him lying on the bed. I called him, but he did not answer; so, I raised the alarm and people rushed to our compound. I called a carpenter close to our house and we forced Oga’s bedroom door open. Oga was just lying on his bed.

“His wife came home with a drip fixed to her hand, but she was taken back to the hospital by sympathisers.

“Oga’s remains have been deposited at St. Mercy’s Hospital mortuary.

“I love Oga. I have never been maltreated by him and that is why I remained with him till today because I believed things would change for the better for him.”

One of the late Akerele’s neighbours, Bambo Seibo, said: “I cannot believe Akerele is dead. I saw him yesterday and asked about his wife’s health. I do not believe Akerele could die like that. He was very nice to me. His death is shocking.”

The late Akerele, who was a pastor in the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), is survived by his wife and children.

The deceased, an indigene of Idoani in Ose Local Government Area, was one of Governor Olusegun Mimiko’s close associates.

He was active in the struggle to retrieve Mimiko’s mandate between April, 2007 and February, 2009.

The late Akerele handled the Labour Party’s (LP’s) publicity at Mimiko’s Temporary Situation Office at A&T Presidential Hotel in Akure, from where he dished out information across the country daily about his principal, especially through the electronic media.

As compensation, he was appointed commissioner in 2009.

The late Akerele and a few other commissioners were relieved of their duties in 2011.

The late Akerele, who also served at the Ondo State Radiovision Corporation (OSRC), worked as a media consultant until his death.

He was the media consultant of the Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo (RUGIPO), during its 11th Convocation last December 21.

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