{"id":469,"date":"2025-07-13T19:29:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T19:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=469"},"modified":"2025-07-13T19:29:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T19:29:14","slug":"court-sentences-two-to-death-for-ritual-killing-in-ogun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=469","title":{"rendered":"Court sentences two to death for ritual killing in Ogun"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Justice Olugboyega Ogunfowora of Ogun State High Court, Abeokuta, on Friday sentenced the duo of Mustakeem Balogun and Soliudeen Majekodunmi to death by hanging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the same time, Lukmon Abdulgafar bagged life imprisonment over the murder of 16-year-old Sofia Okeowo at Kugba area, Abeokuta, on January 28, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Olamide, Wizkid - Kai! 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At the same time, Lukmon Abdulgafar bagged life imprisonment over the murder of 16-year-old Sofia Okeowo at Kugba area, Abeokuta, on January 28, 2022. 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