RCCG Pastor Sentenced To Death By Hanging.

A youth pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Akolade Arowolo, has been sentenced to death for the murder of his banker wife, Titilayo.

Justice Lateefat Okunu of the Ikeja High Court, held in her over three hours judgment that evidence brought before the court proved that Arowolo actually murdered his wife in their matrimonial home.

Testimony in the form of a forensic report from Prof. John Oladapo Obafunwa, a pathologist, was what the court used to determine that there was no way the deceased could have stabbed herself to death as claimed by Arowolo.

According to reports, Prof Obafunwa testified that his autopsy report revealed that Titilayo was killed through 76 knife stab wounds.He noted that the knife wounds affected Titilayo’s left eye, right eye, upper chest area, right chest and collar bone which the deceased could not have inflicted on herself.

To further prove its case, prosecution invited some of Titilayo’s family members; Titilayo’s father, George Oyakhire; sister, Ijeh and mother-in-law, Mrs Adetoun Yeside Oyakhire who testified that Arowolo and Titilayo had always had a troubled marriage.Arowolo’s neighbour, Adewale Adeyemi also gave evidence in the case, he testified that on the day of the incident he heard a loud noise when he was in his apartment and later saw Arowolo rushing out with a deep cut in his palms.He claimed to have also seen a hammer and a knife with a broken handle in the yard. Other witnesses such a the security man at the Arowolos’ residence, Investigating Police Officer and an MTN Staff also gave evidence in the case.

Arowolo broke down in tears, after the judge handed him the death sentence, he had claimed he was innocent of killing his wife.Meanwhile while defending himself, Arowolo claimed that he and his deceased wife had passionate s3x for two hours and kissed on the same day she died.He said that Titilayo was possessed by an evil spirit and inflicted several stab wounds on him before stabing herself to death.Immediately after the judgment, Arowolo fell down in the dock and started shouting “Jesus have mercy.”