A Lagos State High Court, presided over by Justice Sherifat Sonaike, has sentenced Benjamin Ogundero to death by hanging for the gruesome murder of his wife, Chinyere Ogundero, and her brother, Ifeanyi Joseph, in April 2022.

The court found Ogundero guilty of setting both victims on fire while they slept in their home in Abule Ado, Lagos, following a heated domestic dispute.

During the court proceedings, Justice Sonaike emphasized that the evidence presented proved beyond a reasonable doubt that Ogundero committed the heinous act, describing the act as “wickedness of the highest order”.

The Judge condemned his actions as one of the most heinous crimes a person could commit.

Delivering the judgement on Thursday, Justice Sonaike ruled that the prosecution had proven beyond a reasonable doubt that Ogundero deliberately planned and carried out the gruesome attack.

-9News Nigeria.