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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>After nearly two years of legal proceedings, a High Court sitting in Minna, Niger State has sentenced 16-year-old Joy Afekafe to life imprisonment for the murder of Dr. Funmilayo Sherifat Adefolalu, a lecturer at the Federal University of Technology (FUT), Minna.<\/p>\n

Justice Aishetu Mohammed of High Court No. 4 delivered the judgment on Wednesday, convicting Afekafe on two counts of armed robbery and culpable homicide, offences punishable under Sections 221 and 298 of the Penal Code.<\/p>\n

Adefolalu was brutally murdered on October 28, 2023, just 26 days after Afekafe resumed work as a housemaid in her home in Gbaiko, Minna.<\/p>\n

According to court findings, the teenager conspired with two accomplices\u2014identified as DJ Wallex and DJ Smart, who are still at large\u2014to attack and kill the lecturer after she was dismissed from her position for stealing.<\/p>\n

Delivering the judgment, Justice Mohammed ruled that the prosecution had proven its case beyond reasonable doubt. \u201cThe death of Dr. Mrs. Funmilayo Sherifat Adefolalu was caused by the convict with her friends, now at large, when they used knives to stab her several times and eventually hit her with a wooden stool to kill her,\u201d the judge stated.<\/p>\n

The convict, who was introduced to the household by a local pastor, confessed during interrogation that she plotted revenge after being fired.<\/p>\n

She and her accomplices entered the home, attacked the lecturer with knives, and used a wooden stool to deliver the fatal blow. They also stole two phones, a laptop, and foreign currencies from the residence.<\/p>\n

Justice Mohammed handed down the life sentence after a two-hour ruling, bringing to a close one of the state\u2019s most shocking homicide cases in recent years.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. After nearly two years of legal proceedings, a High Court sitting in Minna, Niger State has sentenced 16-year-old Joy Afekafe to life imprisonment for the murder of Dr. Funmilayo Sherifat Adefolalu, a lecturer at the Federal University of Technology (FUT), Minna. 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